Wall Street holiday: When are Nasdaq, NYSE shut for trading on account of New year’s holiday- December 31 or January 1?

Wall Street holiday: The US stock market will remain closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, for the New Year holiday celebrations. According to the official holiday list on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the stock markets will close early on December 31. 

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The US stock exchanges will close early after trading for a half-day session on Tuesday, December 31. The markets will close at 2 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time) on account of the New Year, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

After closing before the New Year holiday, the US stock markets will operate as usual until Martin Luther King Day on January 20, 2025. The next scheduled US stock market closure is on January 20.

According to the London Stock Exchange, the stock markets in Britain will remain shut on January 1, 2025, for the Christmas holiday. The markets will close early on December 31, at 12:30 (London time).

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After the New Year holiday, London will have the next stock market off day on April 18, 2025, in honour of Good Friday, according to LSE data. 

US Stocks Today 

The US stock markets opened higher on the final day as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.15 per cent to open at 42,636.7 points, compared to its previous close at 42,992.21 points, according to MarketWatch data. 

The S&P 500 index opened 0.22 per cent higher at 5,919.74 points, compared to 5,906.94 points at the previous market close. The Nasdaq Composite index also gained 0.33 per cent at the Wall Street open on Tuesday at 19,551.35 points compared to 19,486.78 points at the previous market close. 

On the Dow Jones Industrial Average, shares of Nike Inc., Chevron Corp., Boeing Co., Verizon Communications Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Merck & Co. Inc., Amgen Inc., 3M Co., Caterpillar Inc., Visa Inc. were among the top gainers in the early trading session. 

Apple Inc., International Business Machines Corp., and Nvidia Corp. are among the top losers for the session so far. 

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On the S&P 500 index, Moderna Inc., AES Corp., Texas Pacific Land Corp., Marathon Petroleum Corp., APA Corp., and Mosaic Co. were among the top gainers on the index in the early session. On the other hand, Axon Enterprise, Palantir Technologies Inc., Vistra Corp., and Enphase Energy Inc. were among the top losers for the session so far. 

On the Nasdaq Composite, Onconetix Inc., Aptorum Group Ltd., VerifyMe Inc., Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd., Srivaru Holdings Ltd, Fly-E Group Inc., and Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology were among the top gainers. 

While Samgmo Therapeutics Inc., Energous Corp., Cocrystal Pharma Inc., and Art’s Way Manufacturing Co. were among the top laggards so far.