Halloween 2025: Are U.S Stock Market, S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq open? Full list of Federal Holidays

Halloween 2025 is here and this year the festival is set to be celebrated on Friday, October 31. Now the question is whether U.S. Stock Market indexes -- S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq -- will remain open or closed on the day of Halloween.

To understand it, we need to know whether Halloween 2025 is a federal holiday or not. The answer is no. Halloween 2025 is not a federal holiday.

To become a federal holiday, a red letter day need to be recognized by the U.S. Government and federal employees get paid off. Apart from this, U.S. Congress and President of the United States must sign making it a federal holiday.


On the Federal Holidays, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq remain closed. Since, Halloween is not a federal holiday, Wall Street will remain in operation.

While Halloween 2025 is not a recognized 11 Federal holidays, here is the full list -

January 1 - New Year's Day

Third Monday in January - Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr

Third Monday in February - Washington's Birthday also known as Presidents Day

Last Monday in May - Memorial Day

June 19 - Juneteenth National Independence Day

July 4 - Independence Day

First Monday in September - Labor Day

Second Monday in October - Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day

November 11 - Veterans Day

Fourth Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day

December 25 - Christmas Day

FAQs

Q1. When is Halloween 2025?
A1. Halloween 2025 is on Friday, October 31.

Q2. Is U.S. Stock Market open or not on Halloween 2025?
A2. U.S. Stock Market will open on Halloween 2025.