Donald Trump signed an government order permitting most federal staff to take day without work on Christmas Eve and December 26. “All government departments and businesses of the Federal Authorities shall be closed and their staff excused from responsibility on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day earlier than and the day following Christmas Day, respectively,” the order acknowledged.
As for the markets, the NYSE and NASDAQ will shut at 1 PM ET on Christmas Eve, which is the same old cadence when the vacation falls on a weekday. December 25 and January 1 are full inventory market holidays, and in the event that they fall on a weekend, the next day is taken into account a market vacation.
The US markets partially shut for Christmas Eve and New Yr’s Eve. This ensures that the US can align with different worldwide monetary facilities that stay open or function on restricted hours. It additionally balances merchants’ need to wind down for the vacations whereas sustaining liquidity and worth discovery for year-end trades.
The president can’t straight order the NYSE or NASDAQ to shut until there’s a nationwide emergency, as we noticed throughout 9/11. The exchanges set their very own market holidays.
NYSE full-day market holidays in 2026:
- Thursday, January 1, 2026 – New Yr’s Day (noticed)
- Monday, January 19, 2026 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Monday, February 16, 2026 – Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday)
- Friday, April 3, 2026 – Good Friday
- Monday, Might 25, 2026 – Memorial Day
- Friday, June 19, 2026 – Juneteenth Nationwide Independence Day
- Friday, July 3, 2026 – Independence Day (noticed, since July 4 is Saturday)
- Monday, September 7, 2026 – Labor Day
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 – Thanksgiving Day
- Friday, December 25, 2026 – Christmas Day
NYSE early closings in 2026
- Friday, November 27, 2026 – Day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday): early shut at 1:00 p.m. Japanese (1:15 p.m. for eligible choices)
- Thursday, December 24, 2026 – Christmas Eve: early shut at 1:00 p.m. Japanese (1:15 p.m. for eligible choices)
