Ring in the 2026 New Year from Sydney to Seoul
New Year’s celebrations took place in cities in the East and Pacific.
United States stock markets will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday.
The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will both hold regular trading sessions on the final day of 2025 before being closed for New Year’s Day.
The U.S. bond markets will close early on Wednesday, Dec. 31, with trading slated to stop for the year at 2 p.m. ET. and remain closed on New Year’s Day, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
The first day of trading in the new year will occur on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. After New Year’s Day, the next scheduled closure will occur on Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
See 2026 stock market holiday schedule
The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ are scheduled to close on the following days in 2026:
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, Jan. 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, Jan. 19
- George Washington’s Birthday/Presidents’ Day: Monday, Feb. 16
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Memorial Day: Monday, May 25
- Juneteenth: Friday, June 19
- Independence Day: Friday, July 3
- Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 7
- Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, Nov. 26
- Christmas Day: Friday, Dec. 25
Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY. You can follow him on X @GabeHauari or email him at [email protected].
