Holiday Trading Hours: What to Expect

If you're trying to figure out whether you can execute that trade between holiday parties, here's the complete breakdown for the NYSE and Nasdaq during the 2025 holiday season. Spoiler alert: Christmas follows the typical pattern, but New Year's Eve might surprise you.

Christmas Week Trading Schedule

Christmas 2025 falls on a Thursday, which means Christmas Eve lands on Wednesday, December 24. The stock market will be open that day, but don't sleep in too late. Trading wraps up early at 1:00 p.m. ET, giving traders a shortened session before the holiday. If you trade bonds, note that the SIFMA bond market gets an extra hour, closing at 2:00 p.m. ET.

On Christmas Day itself (Thursday, December 25), both the NYSE and Nasdaq are completely closed in observance of the federal holiday. No trading, no exceptions.

New Year's Holiday Schedule

Here's where things get interesting. Unlike Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve (Wednesday, December 31, 2025) is a full trading day for stocks. You'll get the standard market hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. So if you want to make some year-end portfolio adjustments, you've got the whole day to do it. The bond market, however, closes early at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Then comes New Year's Day (Thursday, January 1, 2026), when the stock market is closed as everyone celebrates the start of 2026.

Complete Holiday Schedule at a Glance

Bottom line: plan your trades accordingly, and remember that shortened trading days often come with lighter volume and potentially wider spreads. Happy holidays, and may your portfolio prosper in the new year.