The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq will be closed on April 18 in observance of Good Friday. Although Good Friday is not a federal holiday, the US stock market is closed for business.
The Indian stock market will also be closed on April 18 in observance of Good Friday. Further, stock markets in Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, France, Singapore, UK (London Stock Exchange) will also remain closed on April 18.
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While HKEX’s Hong Kong markets will be closed on April 18 and April 21, all MSCI and currency products in the derivatives market will be available for trading. The Hong Kong markets will re-open as usual on 22 April.
According to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets body, an industry trade body, the bond market will also be closed on Friday, and normal trading hours are set to resume on Monday, the day after Easter Sunday. On Good Friday, the US bond market, as well as the markets for currencies and commodities, will also be closed.
Since it is not a federal holiday, one may expect that the majority of government buildings, post offices, and commercial banks will be open as usual. Certain commercial banks may have changed their hours of operation.
Every year, the US Stock exchanges observe nine holidays and one early close: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (with an early close at 1 p.m. EST on the following day, also known as Black Friday), and Christmas Day.
Except for holidays, Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market are both open for regular business.
The next scheduled break is Memorial Day, which falls on Monday, May 26, and marks the start of the summer trading holidays, with both stocks and markets off.
Meanwhile, markets are having a roller coaster ride since the Trump tariff announcements. Despite a 90-day halt in reciprocal tariffs, the escalation in the US-China trade is keeping the market on tenterhooks.
Gina Bolvin, President of Bolvin Wealth Management Group says, “The only certainty markets have is that this year will be more difficult than the last two years. Investors have to be more patient. We are a tweet (X) away from a rally. Or steeper losses.”
Markets next week will focus on earnings results from big companies, along with the bond yields and the dollar. The fresh development in the US-China trade war will also add to the stock market volatility.