Australia Stock Market Holiday Schedule: ASX Trading Hours for Christmas 2025 and New Year’s Day 2026
Australia’s sharemarket is heading into Christmas with momentum and a shorter trading week — and that makes the ASX holiday timetable more important than usual for investors, traders, SMSFs and anyone managing settlement deadlines. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will close for Christmas Day (Thursday, 25 December 2025) and Boxing Day (Friday, 26 December 2025), and it will also be closed for New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1 January 2026). The market also runs early closes on Christmas Eve (Wednesday, 24 December 2025) and New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, 31 December 2025). Australian Securities Exchange+1 With the ASX 200 pushing higher into the holiday period and analysts pointing to a “Santa rally” tone in