When Are the U.S. Stock Market Holidays? [UPDATED 2022]

The U.S. stock markets, New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, observe eight full-day market holidays every year.

The stock market is closed every year in observation of the following holidays: New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth (new stock market holiday effective 2022), Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

The 2022 stock market holiday schedule, the 2023 stock market holiday schedule, and the 2024 stock market holiday schedule are each listed as follows, including all modifications to normal trading hours of 9:30 a.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Monday, January 17
2023: Monday, January 16
2024: Monday, January 15

Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Monday, February 21
2023: Monday, February 20
2024: Monday, February 19

Good Friday
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Friday, April 15
2023: Friday, April 7
2024: Friday, March 29

Memorial Day
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Monday, May 30
2023: Monday, May 29
2024: Monday, May 27

Juneteenth National Independence Day
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Monday, June 20 (Juneteenth holiday observed)
2023: Monday, June 19
2024: Wednesday, June 19

Independence Day/Fourth of July
FULL-DAY MARKET CLOSURE
2022: Monday, July 4
2023: Tuesday, July 4*
2024: Thursday, July 4*

**The stock market will also close early at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday, July 3, 2023, and Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

If you are ever trading markets outside of the U.S. markets on U.S. stock market holidays, please proceed with caution. On holidays when the U.S. markets are closed, liquidity can be dangerously low as overall trading will drop off sharply.