What Time Does the Stock Market Open and Close? Wall Street Trading Hours

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Stock market trading hours vary across the globe. The U.S. stock market, including Wall Street's New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq, the world's largest and second-largest stock exchanges, respectively, are open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

There are also pre-market and after hours trading sessions known as extended markets.

Trades taking place outside regular hours are made over electronic communications networks (ECNs), which allow buyers and sellers to connect directly rather via a middle person.

This type of trading was previously only accessible by large institutional buyers but brokers, including Fidelity and Charles Schwab, are able to operate this type of trading today.

Nasdaq advises: "For Nasdaq, pre-market trading hours are 4:00 am to 9:30 am, Eastern Time Zone. After hours runs from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Eastern Time Zone. Certain brokers have different pre-market and after hours trading times (for example, TD Ameritrade limits pre-market trading between 8:00 am and 9:15 am).

"Some online brokers do allow you to trade during those hours; check with your broker to see if you're eligible to make those kinds of trades. Know that Extended Markets carry risks. The volatility tends to be much higher, and there is less liquidity, meaning that fewer people are trading and that prices tend to move much more dramatically," Nasdaq adds.

Stock markets are closed during the weekends as well as most federal holidays. NYSE and Nasdaq are both closed during the following holidays:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

"Market half-day holidays may include July 3 or 5, the day after Thanksgiving and/or Christmas Eve, depending on how the calendar falls in a given year. In that case, Nasdaq will close at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time," according to the Nasdaq website.

NYSE also notes: "Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for eligible options) on Friday, November 26, 2021, Friday, November 25, 2022, and Friday, November 24, 2023 (the day after Thanksgiving).

"Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for eligible options) on Monday, July 3, 2023," NYSE advises on its website.

Trading hours for other major stock exchanges

  • London Stock Exchange: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, Monday to Friday
  • Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch from 11: 30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) local time, Monday to Friday
  • Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) local time, Monday to Friday
  • Shanghai Stock Exchange: 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) local time, Monday to Friday
  • Frankfurt Stock Exchange: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, Monday to Friday
  • Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange: 9 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. local time, Monday to Friday
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Flags outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building on Wall Street in New York City, pictured on January 12. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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