Is the Stock Market Open on Memorial Day 2020?
Here's your guide to "Is the stock market open Memorial Day?"Memorial Day is Monday, May 25 this year. Is the stock market open Memorial Day? The answer is no — all stock and bond markets will be closed.
It’s easy to remember some of the holidays the stock markets are closed, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving. But other holidays might be trickier to figure out. You’re about to learn everything you need to know about when the stock market is open and how to determine when it’s not.
- Is the Stock Market Open Memorial Day 2020?
- What Holidays Is the Stock Market Closed in 2020?
- What Days Are the Stock Markets Closed?
Is the Stock Market Open Memorial Day 2020?
The U.S. stock markets (including the Dow Jones, NASDAQ and the NYSE), as well as the bond markets, will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2020 in observance of Memorial Day. The markets will open again on Tuesday, May 26 for trading as usual.
The next holiday the markets will be closed is Friday, July 3, for Independence Day (Fourth of July). Confused? Just remember this: When a national holiday falls on the weekend, as the Fourth of July does, the market closes on the Friday before the holiday or the Monday after the holiday. Specifically, it closes on Friday for holidays landing on a Saturday, and it closes on Monday for holidays landing on a Sunday.
What Holidays Is the Stock Market Closed in 2020?
Keep this reference chart handy to know when the stock market is closed in 2020:
| US Bond and Stock Market Holidays 2020 | ||
| Holiday | Date | Day |
| New Year’s Day | Jan. 1, 2020 | Wednesday |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Jan. 20, 2020 | Monday |
| Presidents Day | Feb. 17, 2020 | Monday |
| Good Friday | April 10, 2020 | Friday |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2020 | Monday |
| Independence Day | July 3, 2020 | Friday |
| Labor Day | Sept. 7, 2020 | Monday |
| Thanksgiving | Nov. 26, 2020 | Thursday |
| Black Friday* | Nov. 27, 2020 | Friday |
| Christmas Eve* | Dec. 24, 2020 | Thursday |
| Christmas | Dec. 25, 2020 | Friday |
| New Year’s Day | Jan. 1, 2021 | Friday |
| *Early close at 2 p.m. for NASDAQ and NYSE, early close at 1 p.m. for bond markets | ||
Here are other important dates to remember for the bond markets:
| Additional Days the Bond Markets Will Close in 2020 | ||
| Holiday | Date | Day |
| Maundy Thursday, early close at 2 p.m. | April 9, 2020 | Thursday |
| Friday Before Memorial Day, early close at 2 p.m. | May 22, 2020 | Friday |
| Day Before Independence Day, early close at 2 p.m. | July 2, 2020 | Thursday |
| Columbus Day | Oct. 12, 2020 | Monday |
| Veterans Day | Nov. 11, 2020 | Wednesday |
| New Year’s Eve, early close at 2 p.m. | Dec. 31, 2020 | Thursday |
What Days Are the Stock Markets Closed?
Stock markets are open Monday through Friday for regular trading, but expect the American stock markets to close for nine holidays per year and the bond market to close for eleven holidays per year. All markets close on:
- Christmas
- Good Friday
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Memorial Day
- New Year’s Day
- Presidents Day
- Thanksgiving
The bond markets also close on:
- Columbus Day
- Veterans Day
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