Holidays

The holiday schedule for both The Nasdaq Stock Market and American Sotck Exchange are as follows:

Holidays 2009

January 1	New Year's Day
January 19	Martin Luther King Jr. 's Birthday
February 16	President's Day
April 10	Good Friday
May 25	Memorial Day
July 3	Independence Day
September 7	Labor Day
Novemer 26	Thanksgiving Day
December 25	Christmas Day

Holidays 2010

January 1	New Year's Day
January 18	Martin Luther King Jr. 's Birthday
February 15	President's Day
April 2	Good Friday
May 31	Memorial Day
July 5	Independence Day
September 6	Labor Day
Novemer 25	Thanksgiving Day
December 24	Christmas Day

Special Holiday Rules

Here are some of the special rules that apply to holidays:

The Day after Thanksgiving is not an official holiday; however, the market has a tradition of closing at 1:00 p.m. on this day.
When any holiday that is observed by the stock market or stock exchange falls on a Saturday, then the market will not be open for business on the proceeding Friday.
When any holiday that is observed by the stock market or stock exchange falls on a Sunday, then the market will not be open for business on the following Monday.

Some of these holidays move around, depending on the calendar year. Here are a couple of rules for those holidays: