The United States stock markets will close Friday, June 19, and reopen Monday, June 22, in observance of observance of Juneteenth, the holiday that honors opportunity to commemorate the end of slavery.
Additionally, U.S. Post Offices, banks, some businesses and non-essential government agencies will close.
Here’s what to know.
Is the stock market open on Juneteenth?
The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will close at their normal time on Thursday, June 18, and reopen again at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, June 22.
United States stock market 2026 holiday schedule
U.S. stock markets will be closed on the following days in 2026:
What is the Dow Jones?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) tracks America’s biggest and most established publicly owned blue-chip companies on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
According to Investopedia, the Dow Jones is named after Charles Dow, who created the index in 1896 with his business partner, Edward Jones. The mix of stocks tracked has changed over the years.
What is the S&P 500?
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is a weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the U.S.
It’s not an exact list of the top 500 U.S. companies, but is regarded as one of the best gauges of the stock market overall, Investopedia says.
What is the NASDAQ?
The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) is an electronic marketplace for buying and selling securities. Most of the world tech giants are listed on the NASDAQ, according to Investopedia.
What is the NYSE?
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is “capitalism at its best, the belief that the free and fair markets offer every individual the chance to benefit from success,” the public entity says on its website.
Dating back to 1792, it’s the largest stock exchange in the world, based on total market capitalization of its listed securities.
What does Juneteenth celebrate?
The holiday celebrates Black freedom, marking June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed Black people that the Civil War was over and slavery had been ended in the U.S. It’s become known as America’s second independence day, the National Museum of African American History & Culture says.
The day came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, but the proclamation could only be enforced in areas under Union control. Confederate Texas was not under Union control until 1865.
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