Is the Stock Market Open on Juneteenth in 2025?

Investors will enjoy a late-week break, with both the stock and bond markets closed in observance of Juneteenth.

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Is the stock market open on Juneteenth? The answer to this question is no. The stock market will be closed on Thursday, June 19, for the Juneteenth holiday.

Bond traders will get a late-week break, too, with the bond market also closed on Thursday. 

The holiday, which is also known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

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It falls on the anniversary of Union Army General Gordon Granger's June 19, 1865, proclamation that Texas was no longer a slave-holding state.

Granger's announcement took place two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed Southern slaves.

While Juneteenth has been unofficially celebrated for nearly two centuries, Congress voted in 2021 to make it the 11th federal holiday.

When President Joe Biden signed the bill, Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. 

The late-week break will be a nice reprieve for investors, but there are plenty of uncertainties that could create headaches over the next several months. 

True, the current bull market is back on track after a chaotic spring, with the S&P 500 nearing record-high territory.

But escalating geopolitical tensions, worry over the White House's tariff policies and concern over President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could create volatility.

For investors, this elevated uncertainty could mark a good time to add dividend stocks to your portfolio. Why?

Dividends can provide a "really important buffer" to market downside, says Katherine Bordlemay, co-head of fundamental equity client portfolio management, Americas, at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

"If you look through history, in periods where the market was down, the standard index was down 16%, versus the dividend index down 10%," she adds. But Bordlemay warns investors against seeking out high yield for the sake of high yield.

Instead, she says that high-quality firms paying sustainable yield make for the best dividend stocks to buy.

Are banks open on Juneteenth? The answer to that question is no. Thursday, June 19, is one of several bank holidays in 2025, and so banks will also be closed.

Below, we feature a full schedule of all stock market and bond market holidays for 2025. 

2025 stock market holidays

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Date

Holiday

NYSE

Nasdaq

Wednesday, January 1

New Year's Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, January 20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, February 17

Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday

Closed

Closed

Thursday, April 17

Maundy Thursday

Open

Open

Friday, April 18

Good Friday

Closed

Closed

Friday, May 23

Friday before Memorial Day

Open

Open

Monday, May 26

Memorial Day

Closed

Closed

Thursday, June 19

Juneteenth National Independence Day

Closed

Closed

Thursday, July 3

Day before Independence Day

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Friday, July 4

Independence Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, September 1

Labor Day

Closed

Closed

Monday, October 13

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

Open

Open

Tuesday, November 11

Veterans Day

Open

Open

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving Day

Closed

Closed

Friday, November 28

Day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Wednesday, December 24

Christmas Eve

Early close (1 pm)

Early close (1 pm)

Thursday, December 25

Christmas Day

Closed

Closed

Wednesday, December 31

New Year's Eve

Open

Open

2025 bond market holidays

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Wednesday, January 1

New Year's Day

Closed

Monday, January 20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Closed

Monday, February 17

Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday

Closed

Thursday, April 17

Maundy Thursday

Early close (2 pm)

Friday, April 18

Good Friday

Closed

Friday, May 23

Friday before Memorial Day

Early close (2 pm)

Monday, May 26

Memorial Day

Closed

Thursday, June 19

Juneteenth National Independence Day

Closed

Thursday, July 3

Day before Independence Day

Early close (2 pm)

Friday, July 4

Independence Day

Closed

Monday, September 1

Labor Day

Closed

Monday, October 13

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day

Closed

Tuesday, November 11

Veterans Day

Closed

Thursday, November 27

Thanksgiving Day

Closed

Friday, November 28

Day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday

Early close (2 pm)

Wednesday, December 24

Christmas Eve

Early close (2 pm)

Thursday, December 25

Christmas Day

Closed

Wednesday, December 31

New Year's Eve

Early close (2 pm)

* This is the recommended bond market holiday schedule from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). This schedule is subject to change.

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Karee Venema
Senior Investing Editor, Kiplinger.com

With over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at a local investment research firm. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.