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 The typical stock market holidays don't change very much. The list of holidays stays pretty static from year to year. But as employers shift their holiday schedules around, it is important to understand what the market is doing too. After all, you don't want to schedule an important trade on the day a stock exchange is closed.
Stock Exchange Schedules
First off, we want to make it perfectly clear that we understand that we live in a global economy and that other countries do not celebrate all of these holidays. None the less, the largest stock markets in the world are located in the United States and they do follow an American holiday schedule.
If you want to see all of the stock market holidays throughout the world, we suggest you take a look at our article on stock exchanges. That particular article points to articles on international stock exchanges and their individual holiday schedules.
Fortunately all of the major American exchanges - the NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ and American Stock Exchange - follow these same holiday rules. That being said, listed below are the official stock market holidays for the calendar years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010:
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2005
| New Year's Day |
January 1, 2005 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 17, 2005 |
| President's Day |
February 21, 2005 |
| Good Friday |
March 25, 2005 |
| Memorial Day |
May 30, 2005 |
| Independence Day |
July 4, 2005 |
| Labor Day |
September 5, 2005 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 24, 2005 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 26, 2005 |
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2006
| New Year's Day |
January 2, 2006 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 16, 2006 |
| President's Day |
February 20, 2006 |
| Good Friday |
April 14, 2006 |
| Memorial Day |
May 29, 2006 |
| Independence Day |
July 4, 2006 |
| Labor Day |
September 4, 2006 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 23, 2006 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 25, 2006 |
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2007
| New Year's Day |
January 1, 2007 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 15, 2007 |
| President's Day |
February 19, 2007 |
| Good Friday |
April 6, 2007 |
| Memorial Day |
May 28, 2007 |
| Independence Day |
July 4, 2007 |
| Labor Day |
September 3, 2007 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 22, 2007 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 25, 2007 |
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2008
| New Year's Day |
January 1, 2008 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 21, 2008 |
| President's Day |
February 18, 2008 |
| Good Friday |
March 21, 2008 |
| Memorial Day |
May 26, 2008 |
| Independence Day |
July 4, 2008 |
| Labor Day |
September 1, 2008 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 27, 2008 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 25, 2008 |
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2009
| New Year's Day |
January 1, 2009 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 19, 2009 |
| President's Day |
February 16, 2009 |
| Good Friday |
April 10, 2009 |
| Memorial Day |
May 25, 2009 |
| Independence Day |
July 3, 2009 (Observed) |
| Labor Day |
September 7, 2009 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 26, 2009 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 25, 2009 |
Stock Market Holiday Schedule 2010
| New Year's Day |
January 1, 2010 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
January 18, 2010 |
| President's Day |
February 15, 2010 |
| Good Friday |
April 2, 2010 |
| Memorial Day |
May 31, 2010 |
| Independence Day |
July 5, 2010 (Observed) |
| Labor Day |
September 6, 2010 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
November 25, 2010 |
| Day after Thanksgiving |
Early close 1:00 p.m. |
| Christmas |
December 24, 2010 |
Special Holiday Rules
Here are some of the special rules that apply to holidays:
- The Day after Thanksgiving is not an official holiday; however, the market has a tradition of closing at 1:00 p.m. on this day.
- When any holiday that is observed by the stock market or stock exchange falls on a Saturday, then the market will not be open for business on the proceeding Friday.
- When any holiday that is observed by the stock market or stock exchange falls on a Sunday, then the market will not be open for business on the following Monday.
Some of these holidays move around, depending on the calendar year. Here are a couple of rules for those holidays:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January
- President's Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February
- Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday in May
Stock Market Hours of Operation
As long as we've mentioned the rules for stock market holidays, we thought that we would throw in the stock market hours of operation too. The regular hours trading hours of the stock market are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The after-hour sessions run from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time for the NASDAQ and 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the NYSE Euronext.
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