The NYSE and Nasdaq are dark today. Every market, holiday and exception explained
Today is Juneteenth, and if you were planning to trade, the stock market is closed.
Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq are on shut down today, in observance of Juneteenth National Independence Day, one of 10 official stock market holidays in 2026. Normal trading hours resume Monday, June 22, when markets open at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Why Juneteenth closes Wall Street
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in June 2021 through the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making it one of the newest additions to the official US holiday calendar. Since the NYSE and Nasdaq follow the federal holiday schedule, both exchanges added it to their annual closure list that same year.
The holiday marks June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of slavery, more than two months after the Confederacy’s formal surrender. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect in January 1863, the news of freedom had not reached enslaved people in the deepest parts of the South until that afternoon in Galveston. That delay, and the weight of that moment, is what the holiday commemorates.
What traders and investors need to know today
Trading is possible outside the standard 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern window through extended and premarket sessions, but with real limitations. Volume is considerably lighter in those sessions, which increases price volatility and raises the risk that orders do not execute at expected prices or fill completely. On a holiday, those conditions are more pronounced than usual.
The bond market is also closed today. Its normal hours run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, governed by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
Cryptocurrency markets operate on a different schedule entirely. Because crypto trades through a decentralized network rather than through central exchanges, there is no holiday schedule. Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets trade continuously every day of the year, including today.
All 10 stock market holidays in 2026
The NYSE and Nasdaq observe the following closure dates this year:
- New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 19
- Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 16
- Good Friday, Friday, April 3
- Memorial Day, Monday, May 25
- Juneteenth, Friday, June 19
- Independence Day (observed), Friday, July 3
- Labor Day, Monday, September 7
- Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26
- Christmas Day, Friday, December 25
Both exchanges will also close early at 1 p.m. Eastern on Black Friday, November 27, and Christmas Eve, December 24.
How bond market holidays differ
The bond market closes for two additional federal holidays that stock exchanges do not observe: Indigenous Peoples’ Day in October and Veterans Day in November. It also closes early at 2 p.m. on several days each year, including the day before Good Friday, the Friday before Memorial Day, July 2, Black Friday and New Year’s Eve.
That distinction matters for anyone trading fixed income products or holding bond funds, since bond market pricing influences a wide range of financial instruments beyond government securities alone.
Story credit: Yahoo