Donald Trump signed an government order permitting most federal staff to take time without work on Christmas Eve and December 26. “All government departments and companies of the Federal Authorities shall be closed and their staff excused from obligation on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, the day earlier than and the day following Christmas Day, respectively,” the order said.
As for the markets, the NYSE and NASDAQ will shut at 1 PM ET on Christmas Eve, which is the standard 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 12 months’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’ want to wind down for the vacations whereas sustaining liquidity and value discovery for year-end trades.
The president can not immediately order the NYSE or NASDAQ to shut except 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 12 months’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, Could 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. Jap (1:15 p.m. for eligible choices)
- Thursday, December 24, 2026 – Christmas Eve: early shut at 1:00 p.m. Jap (1:15 p.m. for eligible choices)
