U.S. stock markets are closed Monday, May 25, 2026, for Memorial Day.

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will not trade today. The federal holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, is one of the market’s scheduled full-day closures for 2026. Regular trading resumes Tuesday, May 26, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.

The pause arrives with Wall Street near record territory, which sharpens the focus on the data and earnings due once the market reopens.

Is the Stock Market Open on Memorial Day?

No. Both the NYSE and the Nasdaq are shut for the full session Monday. There is no early close and no abbreviated trading — equities simply do not change hands until Tuesday morning. Wall Street’s regular hours run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, and that schedule returns May 26.

The closure also covers the bond market. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), which sets recommended holiday schedules for U.S. fixed-income trading, recommended a full close for the bond market on Memorial Day, preceded by an early 2:00 p.m. close on Friday, May 22.

Futures Keep Running on Holiday Hours

Stock-index and interest-rate futures do not shut down entirely. CME Group products trade through the holiday on a modified timetable: the Sunday-evening session opened as usual, trading halts at noon Central time on Memorial Day, and the evening session resumes at 5:00 p.m. Central time to begin pricing Tuesday’s trade date.

That means S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Dow futures can still move on overnight headlines, even though cash equities are frozen. Investors looking for an early read on Tuesday’s open will be watching the futures tape rather than the index level itself.

Wall Street Heads Into the Break at Records

The holiday interrupts one of the strongest stretches of the year. The S&P 500 closed Friday at 7,473.47, up 0.4% on the day and 0.8% on the week — its eighth consecutive weekly gain and the longest weekly winning streak since 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Friday at a record high.

The rally has been powered by resilient corporate earnings, easing geopolitical tension and continued strength in AI-linked technology shares. Still, the bond market is flashing a more cautious signal. Long-dated Treasury yields have climbed in recent weeks, with the 30-year yield trading near the 5% area and the 10-year note holding in the mid-4% range. Higher yields raise borrowing costs across the economy and can pressure richly valued stocks, which is why the next inflation reading matters so much.

What to Watch When Wall Street Reopens

The holiday-shortened week is light on sessions but heavy on data. The marquee release is the April Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index — the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge — which the Bureau of Economic Analysis is scheduled to publish Thursday, May 28, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. A hotter-than-expected core reading would complicate the case for interest-rate cuts and could push yields higher still.

Earnings also continue. Results from Salesforce and Costco are among the corporate highlights, offering a fresh read on enterprise software demand and on how resilient the U.S. consumer remains. Geopolitics and energy prices stay on the radar over a long weekend, when headlines can accumulate with no open market to absorb them.

What to Watch for the Open

  • Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. ET: cash equities reopen — watch index futures overnight for early direction.
  • Treasury yields: a further climb in the 10- and 30-year would test the equity rally.
  • April PCE, Thursday: the week’s key inflation print and the main risk event for rate-cut expectations.
  • Earnings: Salesforce and Costco headline a thinner but still active reporting slate.

For investors, Memorial Day is a quiet day by design. The real test comes later: a market at record highs reopens Tuesday into a holiday-shortened week, with a Thursday inflation report that could decide whether the eight-week streak survives.