What Days Are The Stock Market Closed This Week?

Mark Melin

Published onDecember 23, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

While many fund managers and institutional investors might be taking a December holiday vacation, the tendency is for this to be one of the most positive months of the year for stocks. Most major U.S markets observe a similar schedule, half day on Wednesday and Friday and a full day off on Thursday. There is a slight variance on international market schedules. Markets around the world are closed New Years Day.

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What Days Are The Stock Market Closed? Stock market holiday

As the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, considered "the stock market," is closed Christmas Day, December 25, and open for trading until 1 PM EST on Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 26. During this...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

What Days Are The Stock Market Closed This Week?

What Days Are The Stock Market Closed? Stock market holiday

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