Is the stock market closed on Veterans Day? No: the U.S. market will stay open on Wednesday, Nov. 11, even though the bond market and banks are typically closed. Investors and traders using NYSE and Nasdaq get a normal session, with regular hours running from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
NYSE and Nasdaq hours
The regular trading day matters because the two exchanges follow the same timetable Monday through Friday and both are closed on weekends. That means orders, price discovery, and execution continue on Veterans Day without a holiday pause at the stock exchanges themselves.
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time is the standard window for each exchange. For readers who want to trade around the holiday, that schedule is the practical rule: the stock market is open, while banking services and the bond market generally are not.
2026 holiday schedule
10 holidays are on the 2026 schedule for NYSE and Nasdaq, including two early closings. The list starts with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, then Washington's Birthday on Monday, Feb. 16, Juneteenth National Independence Day on Friday, June 19, and Independence Day on Friday, July 3.
1 p.m. Eastern time is the early close set for Friday, Nov. 27, 2026, the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. That gives traders a shorter session later in the year, but not on Veterans Day.
What comes after Veterans Day
Friday, Nov. 27, 2026 is the next exchange closure detail already laid out in the calendar, and it is one of the two early closings in 2026. For anyone planning around holidays, the useful distinction is simple: Veterans Day does not shut NYSE and Nasdaq, while several other federal holidays do. In 2027, the exchanges will again observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, Washington's Birthday on Monday, Feb. 15, Juneteenth National Independence Day on Friday, June 18, and Independence Day on Monday, July 5.
