Share Market Holidays: Best Tips To Know This Globally[2023]
Share market holidays are an essential information for all investors and traders. These holidays play a special role in the investment or trading strategies you undertake.
Typically, stock markets in any country open only five days a week. And everyone knows this thing well. The stock markets are closed on Saturday and Sunday.
For different segments of the securities market such as equity market, currency market and commodity market, some holidays may be common and some may be different.
But apart from these normal day holidays, some share market holidays are declared which are usually determined according to the cultural activities and practices of the country. So sometimes we get the illusion that – is the market open today?
However, share market holidays are available on the website of all the main stock exchanges. Nevertheless, I am describing here for educational purpose so that if you come on the SubhMantra, then you can easily know and become aware.
Stock Market Holidays USA
Stock market holidays on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are very similar.
They are usually closed on these 9 occasions every year. These are –
1. New Year’s Day
4. Good Friday
7. Labor Day
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
5. Memorial Day
8. Thanksgiving Day
3. Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday)
6. Independence Day
9. Christmas Day
If the declared holiday is on Saturday, the stock market holiday is usually on Friday. Likewise, markets usually close on the following Monday if there is a holiday on Sunday.
An additional but partial holiday in the US stock market occurs on two occasions i.e., Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day [market open, 9:30 AM to 01:00 PM ET (European Time)].
To avoid undue market fluctuations after the holidays, it is rare for the US stock market to be continuously closed for 3-days.
Stock Market Holidays 2021 USA
Sr. No
Holidays
Day
Date
1
New Year’s Day
Friday
January 1, 2021
2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday
January 18, 2021
3
President’s Day (Washington’s Birthday)
Monday
February 15, 2021
4
Good Friday
Friday
April 2, 2021
5
Memorial Day
Monday
May 31, 2021
6
Independence Day
Monday
July 5, 2021 (July 4 holiday observed)
7
Labor Day
Monday
September 6, 2021
8
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday
November 25, 2021
9
Thanksgiving Day*
Thursday
November 26, 2021 (Open, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET)
10
Christmas
Friday
December 24, 2021 (Christmas holiday observed)
Stock market holidays 2021 USA Source: NYSE Holidays (You can visit for details)
Stock Market Holidays in India
The stock market opens only for about 250 days in 365 days of the year.
Usually on the first Saturday of every month, mock trading in the Indian stock marketis done by stock exchanges (NSE, BSE). This is done to test the system performance.
Stock exchanges have the right to change the declared holidays and in special circumstances to close or open the market on normal days.
In the months of June, July, August and September of 2021, there are no share market holidays except Saturday and Sunday.
Indian Share Market Holidays 2021
Equity Segment (NSE & BSE)
Sr. No
Holidays
Day
Date
1
Republic Day
Tuesday
January 26, 2021
2
Mahashivratri
Thursday
March 11, 2021
3
Holi
Monday
March 29, 2021
4
Good Friday
Friday
April 02, 2021
5
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti
Wednesday
April 14, 2021
6
Ram Navami
Wednesday
April 21, 2021
7
Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan Id)
Thursday
May 13, 2021
8
Bakri Id
Wednesday
July 21, 2021
9
Moharram
Thursday
August 19, 2021
10
Ganesh Chaturthi
Friday
September 10, 2021
11
Dusshra
Friday
October 15, 2021
12
Diwali Laxmi-Pujan
Thursday
November 04, 2021
13
Diwali Balipratipada
Friday
November 05, 2021
14
Gurunanak Jayanti
Friday
November 19, 2021
The Share Market Holidays in India That is on Saturday or Sunday
Sr. No
Holidays
Day
Date
1
Mahavir Jayanti
Sunday
April 25, 2021
2
Maharashtra Day
Saturday
May 01, 2021
3
Independence Day
Sunday
August 15, 2021
4
Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
Saturday
October 02, 2021
5
Christmas
Saturday
December 25, 2021
*On the occasion of Muhurat Trading will be conducted on Thursday, November 04, 2021. The time for Muhurat Trading will be notified by the exchange later.
The focus of share market holidays, especially the traders, should be kept in mind, so that they can trade appropriately.
Whether you are preparing for swing trading with the help of technical indicators or BTST stocks, you have to keep in mind the stock market holidays. In option trading as well as future trading, the importance of share market holidays increases even more.
It is commonly seen that before some special holidays, such as Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day in the US, a rally appears in the market. Share markets often rally ahead of long weekends. But it is not necessary to be so.
Global Stock Market Holidays
For a complete list of specific days when other world stock markets close, see the CalendarLabs-market holidays page.