U.S. Stock Market Holiday Schedule: NYSE and Nasdaq Hours for Christmas 2025 and New Year’s Day 2026
With Christmas and New Year’s arriving back-to-back on the calendar, U.S. investors are heading into one of the year’s most timing-sensitive stretches—where a single afternoon can be the difference between getting a trade filled before the bell or waiting an extra day. For Christmas 2025, U.S. stock exchanges run a shortened session on Christmas Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025) and then close for Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025). For New Year’s Day 2026, markets are closed on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, while New Year’s Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025) remains a regular trading day for stocks. New York Stock Exchange+1 Adding to the year-end confusion: in the past