January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 19
Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day*
February 16*
Good Friday
April 10
Memorial Day
May 25
Independence Day
July 3 (observed)
Labor Day
September 7
Thanksgiving Day**
November 26**
Christmas**
December 25**
* Washington's Birthday was first declared a federal holiday by an 1879 act of Congress. The Monday Holiday Law, enacted in 1968, shifted the date of the commemoration of Washington's Birthday from February 22 to the third Monday in February, but neither that law nor any subsequent law changed the name of the holiday from Washington's Birthday to President's Day.
Although the third Monday in February has become popularly known as President's Day, the NYSE's designation of Washington's Birthday as an Exchange holiday (Rule 51) follows the form of the federal holiday outlined above (section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code).
**The NYSE Trading Floor will close early on Friday, November 27, 2009 (the day after Thanksgiving) and Thursday, December 24, 2009 . The Trading Floor will close at 1:00 p.m. Crossing Session I order entry will begin at 1:15 p.m. with order executions at 1:30 p.m., and Crossing Sessions II orders will be accepted beginning at 1:00 p.m. for continuous executions until 1:30 p.m. on these dates.