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SUMMARY:NYSE/NASDAQ: Thanksgiving 2026
DESCRIPTION:NYSE & Nasdaq are closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026 for Thanksgiving Day. \n\nBond market\nClosed\nNext holiday\nDay After Thanksgiving (Early Close)\, November 27\, 2026\nRegular hours\n9:30 am to 4:00 pm ET\n\nFull schedule and background: Stock Market Holidays. \nUpdated August 25\, 2026 \n\nUS equity and bond markets will be fully closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\, for Thanksgiving Day\, a federal public holiday. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq will also close early at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday\, November 27\, 2026\, the day after Thanksgiving — a session commonly referred to as Black Friday in trading circles. The two-day closure pattern makes Thanksgiving one of the most disruptive holidays for market liquidity in the US calendar\, with a compressed four-hour trading window on the Friday followed by a full return to normal hours on Monday\, November 30. Options markets and most futures products follow the same abbreviated schedule. \nWhat is Thanksgiving?\nThanksgiving Day is a federal public holiday in the United States\, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year. Rooted in the harvest traditions of early colonial America\, Thanksgiving has been a national holiday since 1863\, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it an annual observance. In 2026\, the fourth Thursday of November falls on November 26. \nFrom a financial market perspective\, Thanksgiving occupies a unique position in the calendar. It is the only NYSE market holiday where the adjacent trading day — the Friday — is not a full close but instead an early close at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This creates a distinctive two-day impact: a full closure on Thursday followed by a heavily abbreviated session on Friday\, with normal hours resuming only on Monday. The pattern produces some of the lightest trading volumes of the year\, as many market participants extend the Thanksgiving break into a four-day weekend. \nThe Thanksgiving weekend also marks the unofficial start of the US holiday shopping season. Retail sector stocks\, consumer discretionary equities\, and payment processing companies are watched closely in the days surrounding Thanksgiving as analysts begin to track early indicators of holiday retail spending. Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving — has historically been the largest US retail sales day of the year\, though the shift to online shopping has diffused some of this concentration across a longer pre-holiday window. \nAt a Glance\n\nFull market closure: Thursday\, November 26\, 2026 (Thanksgiving Day)\nEarly close: Friday\, November 27\, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1:15 p.m. for eligible options)\nMarkets closed Thursday: NYSE\, Nasdaq\, CBOE\, US options exchanges\, US bond markets (SIFMA full close)\nCME futures: Equity futures closed Thursday; early close Friday; reopen Sunday evening\nFull normal trading resumes: Monday\, November 30\, 2026\nHoliday shopping season link: Black Friday retail activity begins November 27\n\nThanksgiving 2026: Markets and Trading Schedule\nThe NYSE Group has designated Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\, as a full market holiday for all US equity exchanges. Trading in NYSE-listed securities\, Nasdaq-listed securities\, exchange-listed options\, and related products will be suspended for the entire session. On Friday\, November 27\, trading will be permitted but will close at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time — three hours shorter than the standard 4:00 p.m. close. Options markets\, including those on the CBOE\, close at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time on November 27. \nThe Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) recommends a full market closure for US Treasury and fixed income markets on November 26\, with an early close at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time recommended for November 27. Bond market participants\, fixed income portfolio managers\, and repo desks should plan settlement and liquidity management around both days of the reduced-hours period\, particularly for transactions scheduled to settle through the end of November. \nCME Group equity index futures will suspend trading on the Thanksgiving holiday and operate on a shortened schedule on Friday\, November 27. Electronic trading in the most actively traded equity futures contracts typically resumes on Sunday\, November 29\, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time (6:00 p.m. Eastern)\, ahead of the full Monday reopening. Agricultural futures\, metals\, and energy products may follow separate schedules; traders should consult the CME Group holiday calendar for product-specific times. \nWhy Thanksgiving Matters for Markets\nThe Thanksgiving holiday creates one of the most distinctive liquidity environments of the financial year. Trading volumes on the Friday after Thanksgiving (November 27) are consistently among the lowest of any non-holiday trading session in the US calendar. Many institutional portfolio managers do not operate on Black Friday\, and volumes are often a fraction of an average November session. This means that any news that breaks during the Friday shortened session — or during the Thursday holiday — can produce exaggerated price movements when liquidity is thinnest. \nFor consumer-facing equities\, Thanksgiving weekend is a critical inflection point. The period covering the Thanksgiving-through-Cyber Monday window (November 26-30) generates a significant portion of US annual retail revenues\, and early data on foot traffic\, online orders\, and card spending begins to emerge on the Friday itself. Retail sector analysts and consumer discretionary investors will be monitoring these indicators closely\, with expectations for the 2026 holiday season set against the backdrop of persistently elevated inflation and subdued consumer confidence through much of 2026. Data on US Retail Sales for November 2026 will provide the official benchmark\, but the Black Friday spending signals offer an earlier directional read. \nFor fixed income and macro traders\, the post-Thanksgiving week is compressed into four trading days (November 30 to December 4) before end-of-month flows and the December economic calendar begin to dominate. The US Personal Income and Outlays (PCE) report for November 2026\, which includes the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure\, is typically released in the final days of November or first days of December and sets the tone for December FOMC deliberations. \nThe November-December 2026 Context\nThanksgiving 2026 falls late in the month on November 26\, compressing the trading period between it and the December economic calendar. The Federal Open Market Committee’s December 2026 meeting is scheduled in mid-December\, and the final economic data prints before the Fed’s end-year decision begin arriving immediately after the Thanksgiving break. The November employment report\, PCE inflation data\, and retail sales figures will all be processed in the compressed post-Thanksgiving window\, making this year’s holiday break particularly significant for positioning ahead of the Fed’s final meeting of 2026. \nThe Bank of England MPC Rate Decision for November 2026 is scheduled earlier in the month\, but its implications for sterling-denominated assets and UK rate expectations will still be active in the post-Thanksgiving environment. Currency traders managing GBP/USD\, EUR/USD\, and cross-asset positions linked to the transatlantic rate differentials will be watching for any policy signals from the Bank of England that might affect positioning as US markets reopen after Thanksgiving. \nSettlement and Operational Implications\nThe two-day holiday structure around Thanksgiving creates specific settlement timing considerations. Under T+1 settlement rules\, trades executed on Wednesday\, November 25\, will settle on Monday\, November 30 — as both Thursday (holiday) and Friday (optional settlement exclusion for some products) create an extended gap. Trades executed on the abbreviated Friday session (November 27) will settle on Tuesday\, December 1. Operations teams\, custodians\, and fund administrators managing daily NAV calculations\, redemptions\, or repo maturities should build settlement maps around these dates well in advance. \nFor the options market\, the early close on November 27 creates additional complexity for contracts expiring on that date. Any weekly options series with a Friday\, November 27\, expiry will trade for only the first three and a quarter hours of the session. Traders holding open positions in these contracts should monitor their broker’s specific expiry handling rules and ensure sufficient time to manage or close positions before the 1:00 p.m. Eastern cut-off. \nRelated Events\n\nUS Retail Sales November 2026 — The official measurement of US retail activity for November\, covering the critical Thanksgiving and Black Friday period and signalling the strength of the holiday shopping season.\nUS Personal Income and Outlays (PCE) November 2026 — Includes the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge; typically released in the final days of November and is a key input to December FOMC deliberations.\nBank of England MPC Rate Decision November 2026 — The UK’s interest rate decision for November\, which shapes cross-Atlantic rate differentials active during the post-Thanksgiving trading environment.\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhen is Thanksgiving 2026 and what are the market hours?\nThanksgiving Day 2026 falls on Thursday\, November 26. US equity markets (NYSE\, Nasdaq) are fully closed on November 26. On Friday\, November 27\, markets open at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time but close early at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1:15 p.m. for eligible options). Normal trading hours resume on Monday\, November 30\, 2026. The NYSE Group publishes the official holiday calendar confirming these times in advance each year. \nWhy do US markets close early on the Friday after Thanksgiving?\nThe NYSE tradition of an early close on Black Friday dates to the mid-20th century and reflects the historically low staffing and trading volume on that day\, as market participants typically treat Thanksgiving as the start of a four-day break. Volumes on the Friday after Thanksgiving are consistently among the lowest of any non-holiday trading day in the calendar year\, and the 1:00 p.m. close allows exchanges to manage operational risk with reduced staffing levels while still providing a trading session for investors who need liquidity. \nHow does the Thanksgiving break affect retail and consumer sector stocks?\nThanksgiving and the surrounding holiday shopping period (Black Friday through Cyber Monday) are closely watched by retail sector investors. Early data on consumer spending — via card transaction aggregators\, foot traffic trackers\, and retailer announcements — begins to emerge during the holiday weekend and can influence opening prices in consumer discretionary equities when markets reopen on Monday\, November 30. A strong or weak Black Friday reading relative to expectations will be one of the most discussed topics at desks when trading resumes.
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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Thanksgiving 2026? CME Futures Hours
DESCRIPTION:CME Group Futures close early at 12:00 pm local on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026 for Thanksgiving Day (Equity Futures Halt 12:00 CT). \n\nNext holiday\nDay After Thanksgiving (Early Close)\, November 27\, 2026\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 equity index futures (including E-mini S&P 500\, Nasdaq-100 and Dow futures) halt trading at 12:00 pm Central Time (1:00 pm ET\, 6:00 pm London time) on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\, in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Cash equity markets\, the NYSE and Nasdaq\, are fully closed for the entire day\, so there is no underlying stock session to track alongside the futures. Trading in most CME products resumes with the normal Sunday evening open at 5:00 pm CT on November 29\, 2026\, though the following day\, Friday\, November 27\, carries its own early close. For the full run of futures market dates\, see the CME Futures Holidays calendar. \nOrders placed after the halt queue for the next available session rather than executing immediately. Anyone holding open futures positions or planning to roll a contract around Thanksgiving should check the exact halt time for their specific product\, since not every CME product follows the same schedule on holidays. \nWhich markets are closed on Thanksgiving Day 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nNYSE and Nasdaq (equities)\nClosed\nFull-day closure\, confirmed by the NYSE holiday calendar\n\n\nCME equity index futures\nTrading halts at 12:00 pm CT\nE-mini S&P 500\, Nasdaq-100\, Dow and related products\n\n\nUS Treasury market (bonds)\nClosed\nSIFMA recommends a full close for Thanksgiving Day\n\n\nUS options markets\nClosed\nFollows the equity market schedule\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nThanksgiving is not a UK public holiday\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNo European exchange observes the US holiday\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot affected by the US calendar\n\n\n\nIs the market open the day before and after?\nWednesday\, November 25\, 2026 is a normal full trading day across US equities and futures. On Thanksgiving itself\, cash equities are shut and CME equity futures stop trading at 12:00 pm CT. The following day\, Friday\, November 27\, 2026\, is an early close: CME futures are scheduled to close around 12:15 pm CT\, and NYSE and Nasdaq cash equities close at 1:00 pm ET\, according to the NYSE holiday and early-closings calendar. Regular hours return in full from Monday\, November 30\, 2026. \nWhy do markets close for Thanksgiving?\nThanksgiving has been a US federal holiday since the 1940s\, and American exchanges have closed for it for as long as most trading records go back. The tradition reflects the wider closure of US government offices\, banks and many businesses rather than any decision unique to the markets. \nThe early close the following day is a more recent\, practical adjustment: with much of Wall Street’s staff away for the long weekend and trading volumes typically thin\, exchanges shorten the session rather than run a full day with little liquidity. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you place a stock or futures order on Thanksgiving Day itself\, it simply queues and executes when trading resumes; nothing is lost\, but the timing shifts. Under the current US settlement rule\, most equity trades settle one business day after execution (T+1)\, so a trade placed on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving settles on the Friday\, and one placed just before the CME futures halt is processed on the next available session. Dividend payment dates and monthly options expirations that would otherwise fall on the holiday move to the nearest open trading day. Bank transfers and payroll processing that rely on the Federal Reserve’s wire systems may also be delayed by a day\, since most US banks are closed on Thanksgiving. None of this affects cryptocurrency markets\, which trade continuously around the clock regardless of the US holiday calendar. \nRemaining CME Futures holidays in 2026\n\nFriday\, November 27\, 2026: Day After Thanksgiving\, early close (around 12:15 pm CT)\nThursday\, December 24\, 2026: Christmas Eve\, early close (around 12:15 pm CT)\nFriday\, December 25\, 2026: Christmas Day\, full closure\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on Thanksgiving 2026?\nNo\, the NYSE and Nasdaq are fully closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\, and CME equity index futures stop trading at 12:00 pm CT. \nIs the bond market open on Thanksgiving 2026?\nNo\, SIFMA recommends a full closure of the US Treasury and broader bond market for Thanksgiving Day. \nWhat time do CME futures close on Thanksgiving?\nEquity index futures trading halts at 12:00 pm Central Time (1:00 pm Eastern Time) on Thanksgiving Day\, resuming with the regular Friday session. \nWhen is the next US market holiday after Thanksgiving 2026?\nThe next scheduled market event is the Day After Thanksgiving early close on Friday\, November 27\, 2026\, followed by the Christmas Eve early close and Christmas Day closure in December. \nAre banks open on Thanksgiving 2026?\nNo\, US banks are closed on Thanksgiving Day along with most federal offices\, though this does not affect exchanges outside the United States. \n← Previous CME Futures Holidays
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/cme-futures-thanksgiving-day-equity-futures-halt-12-00-ct-2026-early-close/
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SUMMARY:Is the Bond Market Open on Thanksgiving Day 2026? SIFMA Hours
DESCRIPTION:US Bond Market (SIFMA) are closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026 for Thanksgiving Day. \n\nNext holiday\nDay After Thanksgiving (Early Close)\, November 27\, 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\n← Previous Bond Market Holidays\nThe US bond market is closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026 for Thanksgiving Day\, according to the SIFMA holiday schedule\, which sets recommended trading hours for US fixed income markets. This closure applies to Treasuries\, agency securities\, mortgage-backed securities and most other US dollar debt instruments traded through SIFMA member firms. Orders placed on the day will not be executed until the market reopens\, and settlement of any trades from the prior session will be pushed back by one business day. For the full run of dates through the year\, see the bond market holiday calendar. \nBecause Thanksgiving falls on a fixed weekday (the fourth Thursday of November) rather than a fixed date\, the holiday moves each year\, but the closure itself is consistent: SIFMA has recommended a full close of the US bond market on Thanksgiving Day every year for decades\, mirroring the equity market closure observed by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. \nWhich markets are closed on Thanksgiving Day 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nUS equities (NYSE\, Nasdaq)\nClosed\nStandard NYSE and Nasdaq holiday schedule\n\n\nUS bond market (SIFMA members)\nClosed\nRecommended full close for Treasuries\, agencies and MBS\n\n\nUS options\nClosed\nFollows equity market schedule\n\n\nCME futures (US)\nClosed or limited hours\nMost CME product groups halt trading for the session; check the exchange calendar for exact times\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nThanksgiving is not a UK public holiday\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot observed in continental Europe\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a Japanese holiday\n\n\n\nBecause Thanksgiving is a US-only holiday\, investors in the UK\, Europe and Asia can still trade shares\, gilts\, bunds and other local instruments as normal on November 26\, 2026. The main effect abroad is lower liquidity in US dollar bonds and reduced overnight trading volumes on desks that deal directly with US counterparties\, since American trading floors are shut for the day. \nIs the market open the day before and after?\nThe bond market operates on regular hours\, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET\, on Wednesday\, November 25\, 2026\, the trading day immediately before Thanksgiving. There is no early close scheduled for that Wednesday under the SIFMA recommendation. The market reopens on Friday\, November 27\, 2026\, but with a shortened session: SIFMA recommends an early close at 2:00 pm ET for the Day After Thanksgiving\, one of the lightest-volume sessions of the year as many traders take the extended weekend off. \nThis pattern\, a full closure followed by an early close the next day\, is one of the most predictable features of the US trading calendar and is worth noting if you have orders\, wire transfers or bond settlements scheduled around the holiday period. \nWhy do markets close for Thanksgiving Day?\nThanksgiving has been a US federal holiday since 1863 and is fixed by law to the fourth Thursday of November. US financial markets\, including the bond market\, equities and futures exchanges\, have long closed in observance\, reflecting both the federal holiday status and the practical reality that staffing and client activity fall sharply during the holiday week. \nThe shortened session the following day\, often called Black Friday in retail circles\, became a fixture of the SIFMA and NYSE calendars because volumes are typically thin as traders extend the holiday weekend\, making a full trading day unnecessary for most market participants. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you are a retail investor holding a brokerage account\, any bond trade you attempt to place on Thanksgiving Day will simply queue and execute once the market reopens\, so there is no risk to open orders beyond the delay itself. Settlement of trades executed the day before the holiday will take an extra business day to clear\, since settlement cycles count only business days\, which can matter if you are relying on funds from a bond sale to cover a near-term payment. \nBond coupon payments and interest accruals are calculated on calendar days\, so a market closure does not change how much interest you earn\, only when a payment might be processed if it happens to fall on the holiday. Bank wire transfers and ACH payments in the US typically do not process on Thanksgiving Day either\, so anyone waiting on a transfer tied to a bond maturity or coupon should expect it to land on the next business day rather than the holiday itself. Mortgage rate movements\, which are closely tied to Treasury yields\, are effectively frozen for the day since the underlying bond market is shut\, so there is unlikely to be any meaningful rate change until trading resumes. Cryptocurrency markets\, by contrast\, trade 24 hours a day and are unaffected by the Thanksgiving closure. \nRemaining SIFMA Bond Market Holidays and Early Closes in 2026\n\nDay After Thanksgiving (Early Close)\, November 27\, 2026\, close at 2:00 pm ET\nChristmas Eve (Early Close)\, December 24\, 2026\, close at 2:00 pm ET\nChristmas Day\, December 25\, 2026\, closed\nNew Year’s Eve (Early Close)\, December 31\, 2026\, close at 2:00 pm ET\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the bond market open on Thanksgiving Day 2026?\nNo. The US bond market is closed on Thursday\, November 26\, 2026\, following the SIFMA recommended holiday schedule. \nIs the stock market also closed on Thanksgiving?\nYes. The NYSE and Nasdaq are closed on the same day\, so equities\, options and the bond market all observe the holiday together. \nWhat time does the market close the day after Thanksgiving?\nSIFMA recommends an early close at 2:00 pm ET on Friday\, November 27\, 2026\, the Day After Thanksgiving. \nWhen is the next bond market holiday after Thanksgiving?\nThe next date on the calendar is the Day After Thanksgiving early close on November 27\, 2026\, followed by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in December. \nAre banks open on Thanksgiving Day?\nNo. US banks are generally closed on Thanksgiving Day\, alongside the stock and bond markets\, so wire transfers and in-branch services resume the next business day. \n← Previous Bond Market Holidays
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