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.

Christmas 2025 Bank Transfers Blocked for Four Days in the Euro Area: What TARGET2’s Shutdown Means for Your Salary, Rent and Bills

Christmas 2025 Bank Transfers Blocked for Four Days in the Euro Area: What TARGET2’s Shutdown Means for Your Salary, Rent and Bills

From 25 to 28 December 2025, most standard euro bank transfers between different banks will be paused across the euro area. This planned shutdown of the European Central Bank’s payment system is already making headlines in France and beyond, because it falls right on Christmas and rolls straight into the weekend.Fédération bancaire française+1
7 December 2025
Election Day 2025: What’s Open, What’s Closed – Banks, Mail, Shipping and Surprises

Election Day 2025: What’s Open, What’s Closed – Banks, Mail, Shipping and Surprises

Election Day in the United States falls on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Unlike holidays such as Veterans Day or Memorial Day, Election Day is not a federal holiday, so there is no nationwide work stoppagehindustantimes.com. On the federal level, government offices, agencies, and services remain open on their usual schedules. For most Americans, it’s a normal workday with the expectation that voting is done in between work or before/after hours.

US Stock Market Today Updates

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Top Stock Picks

Today’s highest-ranked model selections.

#1 Strong Buy

NVIDIA

94/100
#2 Strong Buy

Meta Platforms

89/100
#3 Buy

Alphabet

87/100
#4 Buy

Amazon

84/100
#5 Selective Buy

Microsoft

80/100
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MARKET CALENDAR

Key Events Today

The catalysts most likely to move markets.

#1

Warsh at Jackson Hole

Policy tone can move rates, USD, equities, gold and crypto simultaneously.

#2

Michigan sentiment

A weak final reading or elevated inflation expectations could pressure risk assets.

#3

Chicago PMI

A surprise versus 58.0 may alter the near-term manufacturing-growth narrative.

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