Stock Market Hours 2024: Trading Hours, Holidays, and Bond Market Information (2024)

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• The stock and bond markets close on major holidays, and both have early closures on certain days.
• While stock market holidays also apply to the bond market, the bond market's early closures differ.
• You can still initiate certain actions (e.g., deposits or withdrawals) in your brokerage account during closure.

The U.S. stock market generally closes for major holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving. Not all holidays result in stock market closure. You can still trade on holidays like Valentine's Day and Halloween.

During market closures, you won't be able to place trades on the best online brokerages or investment platforms (with the expectation of crypto exchanges).

Here are the dates and major holidays that the stock and bond markets are closed in 2024.

What time does the stock market open?

The stock market's regular trading hours are weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. However, the market will close as early as 1 p.m. ET on the day before or after certain holidays.

Plus, you may be able to trade during pre-market hours (4 to 9:30 a.m. ET), depending on your brokerage or investment platform. The same goes for after-hours trading. This is available from 4 to 8 p.m. ET.

But the available hours may vary depending on your broker. For instance, SoFi Invest only offers pre-market trading from 9 to 9:30 a.m. ET, but it provides extended hours of trading from 4 to 8 p.m.

Stock market holidays 2024

Bond market holidays 2024

The bond market has slight variations in trading hours and holidays/early closures. Its pre-market trading hours are from 4 to 8 a.m., its regular hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, and its extended trading hours occur from 5 to 8 p.m. ET.

Below, we've also listed its holidays and early closure dates for 2024:

Can you still use your account while the stock market is closed?

You probably won't be able to trade during the weekend or on holidays when the market is closed unless you're using international stock exchanges or electronic communication networks.

During holidays, you can check balances, monitor your portfolio's performance, or initiate deposits or withdrawals. Remember that you won't be able to place any orders until the market reopens. The rate at which fund deposits or withdrawals are complete depends on your brokerage's hours.