Is stock market closed Columbus Day? What to know about NYSE, bond, market holidays

The next time change in fall and Halloween are often front-of-mind in October, but Columbus Day 2025 is October 13, a federal holiday that closes federal offices, banks and post offices, but is not entirely a market holiday.

Columbus Day 2025, which coincides with Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025, has been a national holiday since 1937, celebrating the contributions of Italian Americans. However, a growing number of people have advocated Indigenous People should be recognized instead, citing Italian explorer Christopher Columbus’ use of violence of slavery against the native people he encountered when he reached the Americas in 1492.

Despite the controversy, Columbus Day has never disappeared from the federal list of holidays for October 2025, and many places will close, or stay open on Oct. 13. Here’s what to know about the stock market.

No. The stock market will be open on Columbus Day, which is Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The NYSE markets’ next holiday is Thanksgiving Day 2025, on Nov. 27.

No, Columbus Day is not a market holiday, with the NYSE and Nasdaq remaining opening and operating normal trade hours on Oct. 13, 2025.

The U.S. bond market is closed on Columbus Day, Oct. 13, 2025. The bond market follows a different market holiday calendar than the stock market. While electronic trading platforms will be active, physical trading floors and OTC, or over-the-counter operations will close.

Commodity futures markets, like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), operate on modified schedules on Columbus Day. Check the schedules as some commodities may observe early closures.

Lori Comstock is a New Jersey-based journalist with the Mid-Atlantic Connect Team.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Is the stock market open on Columbus Day 2025? Is it a market holiday?