The U.S. stock market and bond market will be closed on Juneteenth, answering the question many traders are asking today: Is the US stock market open today? The short answer is no. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, which normally trade from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time Monday through Friday, are shut for the holiday and will reopen on Monday, June 22.
That matters because the closure interrupts a normal weekday trading schedule for investors in U.S. stocks, ETFs and bonds. Juneteenth National Independence Day is one of the market holidays observed by Wall Street, and it falls alongside other days when the exchanges step back from regular trading hours. The calendar also makes clear that weekends are out, so there is no weekend session to bridge the gap.
There is, however, one wrinkle that can confuse traders. Even when the market is closed for the holiday, orders can still be placed during extended trading hours for stocks and ETFs, but those sessions can be thinner and carry more risk because volume is lighter after hours. That means the market is closed in the regular sense while some access remains available outside the main session.
The holiday shutdown is part of a broader exchange schedule that includes 10 holidays and two early closings in 2026. Later this year, the NYSE and Nasdaq will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, and they will also observe Independence Day on Friday, July 3. In 2026, the exchanges will observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, and Washington's Birthday on Monday, Feb. 16, before marking Juneteenth National Independence Day on Friday, June 19.
For traders, the practical takeaway is simple: regular market access returns on Monday, June 22, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. Until then, the holiday leaves a clean pause in the trading week, even if extended-hours orders continue to move in the background.
