The U.S. stock market will be open on Wednesday, Nov. 11, on Veterans Day. Is the stock market open on Veterans Day? Yes — the NYSE and Nasdaq will trade on their regular schedule even as the bond market and banks are typically closed.
NYSE and Nasdaq hours remain 9:30 to 4
The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq each keep regular hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday. That is the schedule traders use on Veterans Day, so the holiday does not change the normal cash session for stocks.
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the standard window investors use to place and manage orders during the regular session. Both exchanges are also closed on weekends, which leaves Wednesday, Nov. 11, within the normal trading week.
Bond market and banks close
The bond market and banks are typically closed on Veterans Day, even while the stock market stays open. That split matters for readers moving money, because stock trading continues while related financing and banking activity follows a different holiday schedule.
The U.S. stock market also has regular hours on every weekday outside holidays, and many stock market holidays are federal holidays and banking holidays. If you are planning trades on Nov. 11, the stock session runs normally, but some other financial services do not.
2026 NYSE and Nasdaq holidays
In 2026, the NYSE and Nasdaq will observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, Washington's Birthday, aka Presidents' Day, on Monday, Feb. 16, Juneteenth National Independence Day on Friday, June 19, and Independence Day observed on Friday, July 3.
Both exchanges will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, aka Black Friday. For traders, that is the one 2026 holiday on this list that cuts the session short instead of closing the market for the full day.
2027 holiday calendar
In 2027, the NYSE and Nasdaq will observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, Washington's Birthday, aka Presidents' Day, on Monday, Feb. 15, Juneteenth National Independence Day observed on Friday, June 18, and Independence Day observed on Monday, July 5.
That calendar gives investors a clean planning map: open on Veterans Day, closed for the listed 2026 and 2027 holidays, and shortened to 1 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, Nov. 27, 2026. Whether Veterans Day affects any specific stock market session beyond regular trading hours is not answered in the schedule.
