United States stock markets will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026, in observance of Memorial Day. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs calls Memorial Day the "nation's foremost annual day to mourn and honor its deceased service men and women."
The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will both be closed on Monday, May 25, and will reopen for normal trading on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The U.S. bond market will also be closed for Memorial Day; it had an early close at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, May 22, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Under normal schedules, both stock exchanges run regular hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, and are closed on weekends.
Memorial Day is a federal and banking holiday, and many stock market holidays follow the same calendar. Even when the exchanges are closed, investors can still place orders to buy and sell stocks and exchange-traded funds during extended trading hours, but trading volume is typically lighter and orders may not execute fully. After Memorial Day the next scheduled full-day market closure noted in the calendars is Juneteenth National Independence Day on Friday, June 19, 2026; other scheduled observances this year include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, and Independence Day on Friday, July 3, 2026.
The calendar creates a practical tension for traders heading into the holiday. The bond market's early 2 p.m. ET close on Friday, May 22, shortened the trading window immediately before a full holiday closure, concentrating activity into fewer hours. At the same time, the availability of extended trading hours means trading can continue outside the regular 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. session, but with the trade-off that liquidity is thinner and some orders may not fill. That gap — the ability to submit trades when the primary venues are shut, paired with the known risk of lighter execution — is the friction investors should account for this week.
The practical takeaway is straightforward: the exchanges are following their published holiday schedule, and normal market hours resume on Tuesday, May 26. Traders and long-term investors should plan around the shortened bond session on Friday, May 22, and the holiday pause Monday, May 25, and should treat trades placed in extended hours with caution because execution conditions differ from regular sessions. The market calendar also points to Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, 2026, as the next full-day closure to keep in mind when scheduling trades.
