Is the Stock Market Open on New Year's?
Stock traders get to enjoy a mid-week break ringing in the new year with family and friends, while bond traders get some extra time to celebrate.

Is the stock market open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day? This year, the answer to that question is mixed. New Year's Eve falls on a Tuesday this year which means the stock market is open for regular trading hours, while New Year's Day is one of several federal holidays in 2025 and always a stock market holiday.
Bond traders, meanwhile, will get a little more time off to celebrate. That's because the bond market will not only be closed on Wednesday, January 1, for New Year's Day, but it will also close early on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at 2 pm Eastern Standard Time.
For those wondering what time does the market open for regular trading hours, both the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) run from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Eastern time Monday through Friday.

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Are banks open on New Year's Eve in 2024? The answer to that question is yes. Banks will be open on New Year's Eve because it falls on a Tuesday in 2024 and it is not a federal holiday. However, along with the stock and bond markets, banks will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.
Below, we feature a full schedule of all stock market and bond market holidays for 2025.
Stock market holidays in 2025
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 |
Bond market holidays in 2025
Date | Holiday | Bond Markets |
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 stock and bond market holiday schedule from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. This schedule is subject to change.
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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 Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.
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