The stock markets follow a regular holiday schedule and only close at other times for special occasions.
Stock Market Holiday Schedule for 2011
The stock market holiday schedule for 2011 is as follows:
- New Year's Day – (no holiday)*
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 17
- Washington's Birthday - February 21 (observed)
- Good Friday - April 22
- Memorial Day - May 30
- Independence Day - July 4
- Labor Day - September 5
- Thanksgiving Day - November 24**
- Christmas - December 26 (observed)
*According to the New York Stock Exchange: "New Years' Day (January 1) in 2011 falls on a Saturday. The rules of the applicable exchanges state that when a holiday falls on a Saturday, we observe the preceding Friday unless the Friday is the end of a monthly or yearly accounting period. In this case, Friday, December 31, 2010 is the end of both a monthly and yearly accounting period; therefore the exchanges will be open that day and the following Monday."
**The markets will close early on Friday, November 25, 2010 (the day after Thanksgiving).
