Dow holiday

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A Dow holiday is a weekday on which the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is not open, and so no opening price for the Dow Jones Industrial Average is published. The geohashing algorithm states that in such cases, the opening price from the previous day of active trading should be used.

Official Holidays

Note that there are indeed other holidays on which the NYSE closes early; however, an opening price is still published on these days and can be used. Holidays which fall on Saturday are observed by the NYSE on the preceding Friday, and holidays which fall on Sunday are observed on the following Monday.

Holiday Observance
New Year's Day 1 January*
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Third Monday in January
Presidents Day Third Monday in February
Good Friday Two days before Easter
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day 4 July*
Labor Day First Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
Christmas Day 25 December*

Dates in 2008

Holiday Date in 2008 Use opening price from
New Year's Day Tuesday 1 January 2008 Monday 31 December 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday 21 January 2008 Friday 18 January 2008
Presidents Day Monday 18 February 2008 Friday 15 February 2008
Good Friday Friday 21 March 2008 Thursday 20 March 2008
Memorial Day Monday 26 May 2008 Friday 23 May 2008
Independence Day Friday 4 July 2008 Thursday 3 July 2008
Labor Day Monday 1 September 2008 Friday 29 August 2008
Thanksgiving Day Thursday 27 November 2008 Wednesday 26 November 2008
Christmas Day Thursday 25 December 2008 Wednesday 24 December 2008

Dates in 2009

Holiday Date in 2009 Use opening price from
New Year's Day Thursday 1 January 2009 Wednesday 31 December 2008
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday 19 January 2009 Friday 16 January 2009
Presidents Day Monday 16 February 2009 Friday 13 February 2009
Good Friday Friday 10 April 2009 Thursday 9 April 2009
Memorial Day Monday 25 May 2009 Friday 22 May 2009
Independence Day* Friday 3 July 2009 Thursday 2 July 2009
Labor Day Monday 7 September 2008 Friday 4 September 2008
Thanksgiving Day Thursday 26 November 2009 Wednesday 25 November 2009
Christmas Day Friday 25 December 2009 Thursday 24 December 2009
  • Note: Independence Day falls on a Saturday in 2009, and so is observed on Friday by the NYSE.

See also

NYSE Calendar