Is the US stock market open today on Columbus Day? Will NYSE and Nasdaq trade? Here's the Dow Jones and S&P 500 schedule

Is the US Stock Market Open Today? The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are open today, Monday, Oct. 12. It’s a federal holiday, but Wall Street is running a normal session.

Columbus Day falls on the second Monday of October, which this year is Oct. 12.

That’s also the date the holiday commemorates. Italian explorer Christopher Columbus landed in the New World on Oct. 12, 1492, so this year the holiday and the anniversary match.

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Columbus Day Trading Hours and Federal Schedule

For stocks, yes. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists Columbus Day as a federal holiday. Neither the NYSE nor Nasdaq closes for it.

The bond market is the exception. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association says it’s closed today.

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Federal status doesn’t set the exchange calendar. The NYSE publishes its own holiday schedule, and Nasdaq follows the same hours.

Only two holidays remain on that list this year. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the next scheduled closures.

When the stock market closes next

The market last closed on Sept. 7 for Labor Day. After today, it’s a regular schedule until late November, about six weeks away.

Here are the remaining closures:

• Thanksgiving: closed Thursday, Nov. 26, with an early 1 p.m. ET close on Friday, Nov. 27.


• Christmas: closed Friday, Dec. 25, with an early 1 p.m. ET close on Thursday, Dec. 24.

Why Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day share a date

Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1892. According to Smithsonian Magazine, it’s marked across the country with parades that highlight Italian-American heritage and pride.

Years of criticism over Columbus’s treatment of Native Americans led to a change in 2021. Then-President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, set on the same date.

It isn’t a federal holiday. Some cities and states recognize it, and those places may observe both days or lean toward one.