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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Christmas Eve 2026? SIX Swiss Hours
DESCRIPTION:SIX Swiss Exchange are closed on Thursday\, December 24\, 2026 for Christmas Eve. \n\nNext holiday\nChristmas Day\, December 25\, 2026\nRegular hours\n9:00 am to 5:30 pm CET/CEST\n\nFull schedule and background: SIX Swiss Holidays. \nUpdated September 2\, 2026 \n\nThe SIX Swiss Exchange is closed on Thursday\, December 24\, 2026 for Christmas Eve. No equities\, bonds or derivatives trade on the Swiss market that day\, and any order queued for that session will be held and processed when trading resumes. This follows the standard Swiss market calendar published by SIX Group. For the full list of dates\, see the SIX Swiss holiday calendar. \nBecause Christmas Eve falls in the same week as Christmas Day and\, this year\, close to the New Year period\, traders in Zurich\, Geneva and Basel face a run of shortened weeks. Settlement of any trade executed on the last open session before December 24 will be pushed back to account for the closure\, and investors with pending transfers or fund switches should expect a short delay. \nWhich markets are closed on Christmas Eve 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nSIX Swiss Exchange (equities)\nClosed\nNo cash equity trading in Zurich\n\n\nSIX Swiss Exchange (bonds)\nClosed\nSwiss bond market follows the same exchange calendar\n\n\nEurex derivatives (Swiss-linked contracts)\nClosed\nEurex typically observes a shortened or closed session around Christmas Eve; check Eurex’s own calendar for confirmation\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nUK markets do not close for Christmas Eve\, though volumes are usually thin\n\n\nEuronext (Paris\, Amsterdam\, Brussels)\nOpen (regular hours)\nEuronext markets typically trade a full or slightly shortened session on December 24\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nJapan does not observe Christmas as a market holiday\n\n\nNew York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq\nEarly close\nUS markets typically close early at 1:00 pm ET on December 24 when it falls on a weekday\, ahead of the Christmas Day holiday\n\n\n\nAlways check the exchange’s own published calendar close to the date\, since some venues adjust hours at short notice around the festive period. \nIs the market open the day before and after?\nThe trading session before December 24\, 2026 (Wednesday\, December 23) runs on normal Swiss hours of 9:00 am to 5:30 pm CET/CEST. SIX Swiss Exchange then remains closed on December 24 and again on Friday\, December 25\, 2026 for Christmas Day\, so Swiss investors face two consecutive non-trading days. The next open trading session on the Swiss market is expected to be Monday\, December 28\, 2026\, assuming no further holiday falls in between. SIX Swiss Exchange does not typically apply a separate early close on December 24 itself\, since the whole day is a closure rather than a shortened session\, though market participants should confirm final scheduling on the SIX Group trading calendar closer to the date. \nWhy do markets close for Christmas Eve?\nChristmas Eve closures reflect long-standing European tradition rather than a single piece of legislation. In Switzerland and much of continental Europe\, December 24 is treated as part of the wider Christmas period\, when banks\, exchanges and many businesses either close entirely or operate reduced hours so staff can travel and prepare for the holiday. \nExchange operators such as SIX Group set their annual calendars in advance\, balancing continuity of trading with the practical reality that liquidity thins sharply in the days around Christmas. Closing outright on December 24\, rather than running a token session\, avoids the risk of erratic pricing on very low volume. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you have a pending order on a Swiss-listed stock\, fund or bond\, it will simply wait in the queue and execute once trading resumes\, most likely on December 28\, 2026. Settlement\, the process of finalising ownership and payment after a trade\, is delayed by the closure\, so anyone relying on cash from a Swiss sale landing in their account should build in an extra day or two. \nDividend payments and any options or futures expiries scheduled around this date may shift to the next business day\, so check the specific instrument’s calendar if you hold Swiss-listed derivatives. Bank transfers within Switzerland may also be slower over the holiday period\, and payroll runs timed for late December sometimes move earlier to avoid the closure. Cryptocurrency markets are unaffected\, since they trade 24 hours a day\, seven days a week\, regardless of exchange holidays. \nRemaining SIX Swiss holidays in 2026\n\nChristmas Day\, December 25\, 2026 (closed)\nNew Year’s Eve\, December 31\, 2026 (closed)\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on Christmas Eve 2026?\nNo\, the SIX Swiss Exchange is closed on Thursday\, December 24\, 2026 for Christmas Eve. \nIs the bond market open on Christmas Eve 2026?\nNo\, the Swiss bond market follows the same exchange calendar and is closed alongside equities on December 24\, 2026. \nWhat time does the Swiss market close before the holiday?\nOn the prior trading day\, Wednesday\, December 23\, 2026\, SIX Swiss Exchange trades its regular hours of 9:00 am to 5:30 pm CET/CEST\, with no early close scheduled ahead of the holiday itself. \nWhen is the next Swiss market holiday after Christmas Eve?\nThe next closure is Christmas Day on Friday\, December 25\, 2026\, followed by New Year’s Eve on December 31\, 2026. \nAre Swiss banks open on Christmas Eve 2026?\nMany Swiss banks reduce hours or close early on December 24\, though this varies by institution\, so it is worth checking with your specific bank for branch and transfer cut-off times.
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