The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq scheduled regular opening hours for stock trading on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The scheduled regular session was 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, or 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Denver. Veterans Day is not an exchange holiday on their 2026 calendars. [1, 2]
That answers the search question. It does not answer every question hiding behind it.
Perhaps you wanted to know whether to check an account on the holiday. Perhaps you were trying to move money, reach a person at a branch or understand why a familiar screen is behaving differently on a federal holiday. “Is the market open?” can be the beginning of several quite different errands.
Stocks and bonds have different holiday calendars
For covered US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities, SIFMA recommended a full market close on November 11, 2026. Its October 28 announcement includes government securities and several other bond-market categories. This is an industry recommendation, not a universal order; firms decide whether their fixed-income departments remain open. [3]
So an open stock exchange and a bond-market holiday can coexist. There is no contradiction to solve, just more than one schedule to check. The phrase “the financial markets” puts a large collection of activities into a very small suitcase.
The bank question needs its own answer
Federal Reserve Financial Services lists November 11, 2026 as a Veterans Day closure in its holiday instructions. [4] That is a separate calendar from the stock exchanges. It is also not a complete description of every service offered by your own bank or brokerage.
If you have a particular money task, name it before looking for another general holiday answer. Are you asking about a stock trade, a bank transfer, cash withdrawal, a bill payment or access to branch staff? Then check the institution and service responsible for that task.
A useful question to the provider is: “For this transaction submitted today, when should I expect the money to be available?” Include the account or service type through its secure channel. There is no need to post private account details in a search box or public comment.
A small plan for a holiday money task
First, decide whether anything actually needs doing. An open exchange does not create a personal assignment. This article reports calendar information; it makes no recommendation to buy, sell or change an investment.
If something does need attention, save the official page that answers your exact question. Write down the next step and the time you intend to take it. If the provider’s information is unclear, ask rather than treating the presence of an active app button as a promise about completion.
You might end up with a very short note: “Stock session open. Ask bank about this transfer.” Two separate questions, each pointed at the place that can answer it.
And if your only question was what the stock exchanges scheduled for Veterans Day 2026, you already have what you came for. You can close this tab and get on with your day. The market has a schedule. Your whole day need not revolve around it.
Date note
This article describes the published Veterans Day schedule for November 11, 2026. It does not report actual trading activity or certify that every individual service operated normally. For another date or a specific transaction, check the current exchange notices and your provider.
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Research references & image credit
Nasdaq: U.S. Equity and Options Markets Holiday Schedule 2026
SIFMA: Veterans Day fixed-income close recommendation, October 28, 2026
Federal Reserve Financial Services: Veterans Day Holiday Instructions 2026
Photograph by RDNE Stock project / Pexels, used under the Pexels license. Illustrative planning scene, not a November 2026 exchange or banking calendar.