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Is the Stock Market Open Right Now?
A live answer for the NYSE and Nasdaq, a countdown to the next bell, and the full holiday and half-day calendar through 2027. Every date below comes from the exchanges’ own published schedule.
No. The US stock market is closed for the weekend, and reopens Monday, August 10 at 9:30am ET.
Regular session
9:30am – 4:00pm
Eastern Time, Monday to Friday
Trading days left in 2026
101 / 251
Half days included
Next full closure
Monday, September 7
Labor Day
US Stock Market Hours
The short answer: 9:30am to 4:00pm ET, Monday to Friday. That part is the same at the NYSE and Nasdaq and has been for decades. The extended sessions on either side are where the published numbers stop agreeing, and most pages that quote a single pre-market time are quietly picking one venue.
| Session | Hours (ET) | Whose hours these are |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-market | 4:00am – 9:30am | Nasdaq. NYSE’s early session starts 6:30am; NYSE Arca starts 2:30am. |
| Regular session | 9:30am – 4:00pm | NYSE and Nasdaq. The one everyone means by “the market”. |
| After hours | 4:00pm – 8:00pm | Nasdaq. Most retail brokers stop earlier. |
| Half day | 9:30am – 1:00pm | Both. Late sessions close 5:00pm rather than 8:00pm. |
Extended-hours trading is thinner and wider-spread than the regular session, so a quote printed at 5:30am is not necessarily a price that fills. That gap is the reason a stock can be up 8% in the pre-market and open up 2%.
Stock Market Holidays 2026
Ten full closures and 2 half days. Dates already passed are greyed.
| Date | Holiday | NYSE & Nasdaq |
|---|---|---|
| Thu January 1, 2026 | New Year's Day | Closed all day |
| Mon January 19, 2026 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Closed all day |
| Mon February 16, 2026 | Washington's Birthday | Closed all day |
| Fri April 3, 2026 | Good Friday | Closed all day |
| Mon May 25, 2026 | Memorial Day | Closed all day |
| Fri June 19, 2026 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Closed all day |
| Fri July 3, 2026 | Independence DayObserved | Closed all day |
| Mon September 7, 2026 | Labor Day | Closed all day |
| Thu November 26, 2026 | Thanksgiving Day | Closed all day |
| Fri November 27, 2026 | Day after Thanksgiving | Closes 1:00pm ET |
| Thu December 24, 2026 | Christmas Eve | Closes 1:00pm ET |
| Fri December 25, 2026 | Christmas Day | Closed all day |
Stock Market Holidays 2027
Good Friday moves to March 26, 2027, and three of the ten closures are weekend observances rather than the holiday itself.
| Date | Holiday | NYSE & Nasdaq |
|---|---|---|
| Fri January 1, 2027 | New Year's Day | Closed all day |
| Mon January 18, 2027 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Closed all day |
| Mon February 15, 2027 | Washington's Birthday | Closed all day |
| Fri March 26, 2027 | Good Friday | Closed all day |
| Mon May 31, 2027 | Memorial Day | Closed all day |
| Fri June 18, 2027 | Juneteenth National Independence DayObserved | Closed all day |
| Mon July 5, 2027 | Independence DayObserved | Closed all day |
| Mon September 6, 2027 | Labor Day | Closed all day |
| Thu November 25, 2027 | Thanksgiving Day | Closed all day |
| Fri November 26, 2027 | Day after Thanksgiving | Closes 1:00pm ET |
| Fri December 24, 2027 | Christmas DayObserved | Closed all day |
Common Questions
- What time does the stock market open and close?
- The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq run their regular session from 9:30am to 4:00pm Eastern Time, Monday to Friday, except on market holidays. On a handful of half days each year the regular session ends at 1:00pm ET instead.
- What are pre-market and after-hours trading hours?
- On Nasdaq, pre-market trading runs from 4:00am to 9:30am ET and after-hours from 4:00pm to 8:00pm ET. The window is not the same everywhere: the NYSE’s own early session opens at 6:30am ET and NYSE Arca’s at 2:30am ET, and individual brokers set narrower hours again, so the window a given retail account actually gets is usually shorter than the exchange’s.
- How many trading days are there in a year?
- 2026 has 251 trading days: 365 calendar days, less weekends, less the 10 full market holidays. Half days still count as trading days.
- Is the stock market open on weekends?
- No. US equity exchanges do not trade on Saturday or Sunday in any session, regular or extended.
- What is the next stock market holiday?
- Labor Day, on Monday, September 7 2026. Both the NYSE and Nasdaq are closed all day.
Where these dates come from
Every closure and half day above was checked against two independent sources: the NYSE’s holidays and trading hours page and Nasdaq’s holiday schedule. Nothing on this page is derived by date arithmetic: Good Friday moves every year and weekend observances follow an exchange rule, not a formula, so both are recorded as published facts and covered by a test. Live status is computed in America/New_York, so it stays right through both daylight-saving switches.
Bond markets follow the SIFMA calendar, which closes on days the equity market does not. This page is US equities only.