List of Share Market Holidays | Holiday List | Nirmal Bang (2024)

FAQs

What are the days the stock market is closed? ›

NSE or National Stock Exchange is open on the weekdays from Monday to Friday and is closed on Saturdays & Sundays, except for any special trading sessions that are announced. Here's the complete list of NSE Holidays in 2024.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closes for 10 holidays in 2024, including Independence Day, and the Nasdaq Stock Market follows the same schedule. The exchanges will not operate on Thursday, July 4. They will close early, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, on Wednesday, July 3.

The US stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. ET and closes at 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

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United States stock market 2024 holiday schedule

Juneteenth: Wednesday, June 19. Independence Day: Thursday, July 4 (markets also close at 1 p.m. ET on July 3) Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 2. Thanksgiving: Thursday, Nov. 28 (markets also close at 1 p.m. ET on Nov. 29)

As the second quarter rolls toward its close, the next holiday on the NYSE and Nasdaq calendars is Juneteenth — on Wednesday, June 19. The bond markets also are closed for the holiday.

In the world of investing, the “holiday effect,” as it is often referred to, is a phenomenon where stock prices see an increase right before a major holiday.

One of the most popular and long-believed theories is that the best time of the week to buy shares is on a Monday. The wisdom behind this is that the general momentum of the stock market will, come Monday morning, follow the trajectory it was on when the markets closed.

Do stocks usually go down on Mondays? ›

For buying stocks, Fridays aren't preferable as prices tend to be high. Mondays usually have lower stock prices historically.

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly fell Thursday in thin trading after U.S. markets were closed Wednesday in observance of Juneteenth.

The opening period (9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time) is often one of the best hours of the day for day trading, offering the biggest moves in the shortest amount of time. A lot of professional day traders stop trading around 11:30 a.m. because that is when volatility and volume tend to taper off.

With all these factors taken into consideration, the best time of day to trade is 9:30 to 10:30 am. The stock market opens for trading at 9:15 AM and in the first 15 minutes, the market is still responding to the previous day's news with experienced traders waiting to make their move.

Stock prices fall on Mondays, following a rise on the previous trading day (usually Friday). This timing translates to a recurrent low or negative average return from Friday to Monday in the stock market.

Markets will be closed for the following holidays: Memorial Day: Monday, May 27. Juneteenth: Wednesday, June 19.

Discover if the BSE and NSE are open or closed on Republic Day 2024 viz January 26. The offices of both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will be closed on Friday, January 26, 2024, on the occasion of the 75th Republic Day. The trading will resume on Monday, January 29, 2024.

While you can't directly sell your stocks on the NYSE or NASDAQ over the weekend, you can submit your sell orders. Like buy orders, these sell orders will not be fulfilled immediately. Instead, they will be in a queue waiting for the markets to reopen on the following Monday.

Stock prices fall on Mondays, following a rise on the previous trading day (usually Friday). This timing translates to a recurrent low or negative average return from Friday to Monday in the stock market.