When does the stock market close on Black Friday?

When does the stock market close on Black Friday?

Bonds and commodities are also set for early closes

Traders are trying to shake off a tryptophan hangover following Thanksgiving on Thursday, when U.S. markets were closed.

However, the unlucky crew of traders, strategists and other market participants saddled with closing out this holiday-abbreviated week do have one reason to remain upbeat: an early Friday close.

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will close at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

Overall, trading activity on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday afterward is usually a fraction of what it is during normal, non-holiday trading periods. Here’s a look at the average trading volumes since 2010 on the day before and after Turkey day (as well as July 4 and Christmas Eve), per Dow Jones Market Data:

For bond traders, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommend a 2 p.m. close on Friday, one hour earlier than usual.

Meanwhile, commodity markets also will see an abbreviated session with those for metals, including gold GCZ8, -0.37% set to settle at 12:30 p.m. ET, while futures for crude-oil CLF9, -7.76% are slated to wrap up at 1:30 p.m. Both of those settlements are about an hour earlier than usual for the commodities.

After one of the weaker starts to a Thanksgiving week in recent years, with the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.66% Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.73% and Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.48% all set to register weekly declines of more than 3%, according to FactSet data.

So, if the market doesn’t cooperate by finishing on a high note, at least investors can get an early start to shopping for the holidays to come.

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