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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Christmas Day 2026? CME Futures Hours
DESCRIPTION:CME Group Futures are closed on Friday\, December 25\, 2026 for Christmas Day. \n\nNext holiday\nNew Year's Day\, January 1\, 2027\nRegular hours\n5:00 pm to 4:00 pm CT (Sun-Fri\, with 4:00-5:00 pm daily maintenance break)\n\nFull schedule and background: CME Futures Holidays. \nUpdated September 2\, 2026 \n\n← Previous CME Futures Holidays\nCME Group futures markets are closed on Friday\, December 25\, 2026 for Christmas Day. This is a full-day closure across CME’s major futures complexes\, including equity index\, interest rate\, energy\, metals and agricultural products. No trading\, clearing or settlement activity takes place on CME Globex that day. Any resting orders will carry over and become active again when trading resumes. For the full year-round schedule\, see the CME futures holiday calendar. \nBecause Christmas Day falls on a Friday in 2026\, the closure extends the holiday period for many market participants into a longer weekend. Traders and hedgers who need to adjust positions ahead of the holiday should note that liquidity typically thins on the trading session immediately before a full closure\, known in futures markets as Christmas Eve. \nWhich markets are closed on Christmas Day 2026?\nChristmas Day is one of the most widely observed market holidays globally\, though the exact closures vary by exchange and asset class. \n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nCME Group Futures\nClosed\nAll products\, including equity index\, rates\, FX\, energy and agricultural futures\n\n\nNYSE and Nasdaq\nClosed\nUS cash equities closed for the full trading day\n\n\nUS Bond Market (SIFMA)\nClosed\nSIFMA recommends a full close for Christmas Day\n\n\nUS Options (Cboe)\nClosed\nEquity and index options do not trade\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nClosed\nUK markets close for Christmas Day and the following Boxing Day\n\n\nEuronext\nClosed\nParis\, Amsterdam\, Brussels and other Euronext venues are closed\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nJapan does not observe Christmas as a public holiday\n\n\nCryptocurrency markets\nOpen (regular hours)\nCrypto exchanges trade continuously\, 24 hours a day\, 7 days a week\n\n\n\nIs the market open the day before and after?\nThe trading session on Christmas Eve\, Thursday\, December 24\, 2026\, sees an early close across most US markets. NYSE and Nasdaq typically close at 1:00 pm ET that day\, and CME futures also shorten their trading hours ahead of the holiday. Full details are on the CME Futures Christmas Eve early close page. \nMarkets resume normal trading hours on the next business day after Christmas\, which falls on Monday\, December 28\, 2026\, since December 26 and 27 are a weekend. Regular CME futures hours run from 5:00 pm to 4:00 pm CT\, Sunday through Friday\, with a daily maintenance break between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm CT. \nWhy do markets close for Christmas Day?\nChristmas Day has been observed as a market holiday in the United States and most of the developed world for well over a century\, reflecting the day’s status as a public and religious holiday across much of the West. Exchanges close so that staff\, brokers and traders can take the day off alongside the wider workforce\, and because trading volumes would be extremely thin with many desks in Europe\, the US and elsewhere unstaffed. \nCME Group aligns its futures calendar closely with the cash equity and bond market holiday schedules in the US\, which is why a Christmas closure applies across nearly all of its product lines rather than just financial futures. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you place an order on Christmas Day through a broker linked to CME futures\, it will simply queue and execute once trading resumes on the next open session. There is no market activity to react to news released on the holiday itself\, so any economic data or corporate announcements that land on December 25 will only be priced in once markets reopen. \nSettlement of trades follows the standard T+1 cycle once markets are open again\, so a trade executed on the day before or after the holiday settles one business day later\, adjusted for the closure. Options and futures contracts due to expire around this period are not affected in terms of their expiry date\, but the reduced number of trading days can compress the time available to manage positions. \nBanks in the US and UK are generally closed for the Christmas public holiday too\, which can delay wire transfers\, mortgage completions and payroll processing that would normally fall on December 25. If you are paid through direct deposit and payday lands on or near the holiday\, your employer may move the payment to the preceding business day. Pension contributions and dividend payments scheduled around the holiday are typically processed on the next working day. Cryptocurrency markets\, unlike traditional exchanges\, continue trading throughout the holiday since they operate 24 hours a day with no scheduled closures. \nRemaining CME Futures holidays in 2026\nDecember 25 is the final full-day closure on the CME futures calendar for 2026. The next scheduled holiday closure is New Year’s Day\, Friday\, January 1\, 2027\, which will also be a full closure. For the complete list of 2026 dates\, including early closes\, see the CME futures holiday calendar. \nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on Christmas Day 2026?\nNo. NYSE\, Nasdaq and CME futures are all closed on Friday\, December 25\, 2026 for Christmas Day. \nIs the bond market open on Christmas Day 2026?\nNo. SIFMA recommends a full closure of the US bond market on Christmas Day\, matching the equity and futures market closure. \nWhat time does the market close on Christmas Eve 2026?\nUS cash equities typically close early at 1:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve\, December 24\, 2026\, and CME futures also shorten their trading session ahead of the holiday. \nWhen is the next market holiday after Christmas Day 2026?\nThe next scheduled full market closure is New Year’s Day\, Friday\, January 1\, 2027. \nAre banks open on Christmas Day 2026?\nNo. Banks in the United States and the United Kingdom are closed for the Christmas public holiday\, which can delay transfers and payroll processing scheduled for that day. \n← Previous CME Futures Holidays
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