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When are the stock markets closed?
When are the stock markets closed?

Get familiar with the stock market’s holidays.

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*Stock trading: countries: UK, France

ETFs trading, countries: France

Both the EU and the US stock markets are open on working days only (Monday - Friday). To find out more about the opening times of the markets check this article: Market hours 🕛. Please note that if you place a market order outside of the market hours, or when the markets are closed, your order will be displayed as “pending” and it will be executed as soon as the markets are open again.

Below you can find the list of holidays affecting the US and EU markets.

US markets:

Shares offers US stocks from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations). Both these exchanges will be closed for all public holidays in the United States of America. Here is a list of all the public holidays in the United States of America in 2023 excluding weekends.

List of public holidays in the USA in 2023:

Date

Holiday

Monday, January 2

New years day

Monday, January 16

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, February 20

Washington’s Birthday

Friday, April 7

Good Friday

Monday, May 29

Memorial Day

Monday, June 19

Juneteenth National Independence Day

Tuesday, July 4

Independence Day

Monday, September 4

Labor Day

Thursday, November 23

Thanksgiving Day

Monday, December 25

Christmas Day

EU markets (France only):

In the table below you can find the calendar relevant for trade executions for the EU stocks and ETFs. The table below shows the days when the exchange is closed for trading and days when the hours for trading are limited in 2023.

List of holidays affecting the EU market hours:

Date

Holiday

Special hours

Friday, April 7

Good Friday

no trading

Monday, April 10

Easter Monday

no trading

Monday, May 1

Labour Day

no trading

Thursday, May 18

Ascension Day

trading between 8am - 8pm

Monday, May 29

Whit Monday

trading between 8am - 8pm

Tuesday, October 3

German Unity Day

trading between 8am - 8pm

Monday, December 25

Christmas Day

no trading

Tuesday, December 26

Boxing Day

no trading

Friday, December 29

Last trading day of the year

trading between 8am - 2pm

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