Is the Stock Market Open on Memorial Day 2020?

Here's your guide to "Is the stock market open Memorial Day?"

By Cynthia Bowman May 4, 2020 Stocks 101

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.

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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: