"2024 Presidents Day Holiday Schedule: Stock Market, Mail Delivery, and Trading Hours"

The US stock markets, including the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange, will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19 in observance of Presidents Day, which falls on the third Monday of February every year. This closure is part of the 2024 holiday schedule, with the next closure scheduled for Friday, March 29 for Good Friday. The Uniform Holiday Bill signed in 1968 by President Lyndon B. Johnson mandated that Presidents Day and other holidays occur on Mondays to create long weekends on the federal calendar.