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SUMMARY:Is the Bond Market Open on Columbus Day 2026? SIFMA Hours
DESCRIPTION:US Bond Market (SIFMA) are closed on Monday\, October 12\, 2026 for Columbus Day. \n\nNext holiday\nVeterans Day\, November 11\, 2026\nRegular hours\n8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET (SIFMA recommended)\n\nFull schedule and background: Bond Market Holidays. \nUpdated September 2\, 2026 \n\nThe US bond market is closed on Monday\, October 12\, 2026 for Columbus Day\, following the recommendation of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)\, the trade body that sets US fixed income trading hours. Stocks are a different story: the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stay open for regular trading on this date\, because equity exchanges do not observe Columbus Day. Any bond trades you might place on October 12 will need to wait until the next SIFMA session\, and settlement on trades already in the pipeline can shift by a day. For the full year’s schedule\, see the bond market holiday calendar. \nWhich markets are closed on Columbus Day 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nUS Bond Market (SIFMA)\nClosed\nRecommended close for Treasuries\, agency\, corporate and municipal bond trading\n\n\nNYSE and Nasdaq (equities)\nOpen (regular hours)\nColumbus Day is not an equity market holiday\n\n\nCME futures\nOpen (regular hours\, some fixed income products may see reduced trading)\nInterest rate futures pits often quiet\, but markets remain open\n\n\nOptions (US)\nOpen (regular hours)\nFollows equity market hours\, not the bond market calendar\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nColumbus Day is a US-only observance\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot observed in Europe\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot observed in Japan\n\n\n\nIs the bond market open the day before and after?\nThe bond market trades regular hours\, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET\, on Friday\, October 9\, 2026\, the last full session before the holiday. It reopens with normal hours on Tuesday\, October 13\, 2026. There is no early close attached to Columbus Day itself\, only a full closure. Stock exchanges do not close or shorten hours around this date at all\, since they treat October 12 as an ordinary trading day. \nWhy do markets close for Columbus Day?\nColumbus Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1937\, marking Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492. Because it is a federal holiday\, US government offices close\, and SIFMA recommends that bond markets\, which handle large volumes of government debt\, follow suit. Equity exchanges made a separate decision decades ago to keep trading through Columbus Day\, which is why stocks and bonds now run on different calendars for this particular date. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you try to buy or sell Treasuries\, municipal bonds or other fixed income products through a broker on October 12\, your order will typically queue for execution on the next open session\, October 13. Settlement\, the point at which cash and securities actually change hands\, follows a T+1 (trade date plus one business day) cycle for most bonds\, so a delayed trade date pushes the settlement date back too. Bank transfers and payroll processing are unaffected\, since Columbus Day is not a full bank holiday everywhere and stock trading continues as normal. Anyone holding equities or equity options sees no disruption at all. Cryptocurrency markets\, which trade 24 hours a day\, are unaffected by any of this. \nRemaining Bond Market holidays in 2026\n\nVeterans Day: closed\, Wednesday\, November 11\, 2026\nThanksgiving Day: closed\, Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\nDay After Thanksgiving: early close at 2:00 pm ET\, Friday\, November 27\, 2026\nChristmas Eve: early close at 2:00 pm ET\, Thursday\, December 24\, 2026\nChristmas Day: closed\, Friday\, December 25\, 2026\nNew Year’s Eve: early close at 2:00 pm ET\, Thursday\, December 31\, 2026\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on Columbus Day 2026?\nYes\, the NYSE and Nasdaq trade regular hours on Monday\, October 12\, 2026\, since equity markets do not observe Columbus Day. \nIs the bond market open on Columbus Day 2026?\nNo\, US bond markets are closed on October 12\, 2026\, following the SIFMA recommended holiday schedule. \nWhat time does the bond market normally close?\nSIFMA recommends bond market hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET on regular trading days. \nWhen is the next market holiday after Columbus Day?\nThe next holiday on the SIFMA calendar is Veterans Day\, November 11\, 2026. \nAre banks open on Columbus Day?\nMany US banks and federal offices close for Columbus Day\, though branch hours can vary by institution\, so it is worth checking with your own bank.
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