Trading hours over Easter
As we know, Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a public holiday in many countries.
Forex market hours Easter
Forex trading hours over Easter will be unchanged in 2024. The forex market will open on Good Friday, March 29. and Easter Monday, April 1. April, as usual. However, during the Easter holiday, liquidity will be low, and it is possible to see unpredicted changes in volatility.
Forex market trading hours on Good Friday will not change, but some brokers can close MT4 platforms a few hours earlier because of the holidays. But what will happen with the US stock market?
Is the stock market open on Easter Monday?
In 2024, the US stock market will have regular trading hours on Easter Monday. However, Good Friday, March 29., is a US public holiday, and the stock exchange will be closed.
The U.S. Stock Market, including the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is closed on Good Friday. This means that when the market closes this year at 4 p.m. Eastern on March 29, it won’t open again until 9:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday, April 1.
The only stock markets closed on Monday after Easter, 1 April 2024, will be the UK, Switzerland, Australia, France, Germany, and Italy stock markets.
The stock market in Europe and Australia will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, while the Japanese stock market has regular trading hours during the Easter holiday.
What will happen with the CFD market during Easter?
The forex market and the cryptocurrency market will be unchanged. But, some trading assets will not be available during the Easter holiday. Each broker has different rules, but here are trading hours during Easter for some CFDs: