Are Banks Open on Good Friday?
Good Friday is almost here, but not everyone has the day off on Friday, March 29.
Are banks open on Good Friday in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that precedes Easter Sunday. The answer is yes, banks are open on Good Friday.
While Good Friday is not a bank holiday, it is one of several stock market holidays in 2024. So for those wondering "Is the stock market open on Good Friday," the answer to that question is no. Bond traders also get the day off, though their weekend starts even earlier. Specifically, bond markets will be closed starting at 2 pm Eastern on Thursday, March 28, for Maundy Thursday.
For those curious about what time does the market open for regular trading hours, both the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are open from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Eastern time Monday through Friday.
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Considering it is tax season, folks who find themselves with extra time over the Easter holiday weekend could use it to give their taxes a final look. Kiplinger has a wide array of tax preparation information, including details about tax extensions, tax credits and capital gains tax rates.
Below, we feature a full schedule of all U.S. bank holidays for 2024. Please note that the list includes Juneteenth – the June 19 holiday commemorating the end of slavery – which became the 11th federal holiday by vote of Congress in 2021.
2024 bank holidays
Date | Day | Holiday |
---|---|---|
January 1 | Monday | New Year's Day |
January 15 | Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
February 19 | Monday | Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday |
May 27 | Monday | Memorial Day |
June 19 | Wednesday | Juneteenth National Independence Day |
July 4 | Thursday | Independence Day |
September 2 | Monday | Labor Day |
October 14 | Monday | Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day |
November 11 | Monday | Veterans Day |
November 28 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day |
December 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day |
* This is the recommended bank market holiday schedule from the Federal Reserve. This schedule is subject to change.
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With over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.
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