Yes. The stock market is open on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and stocks trade on their regular schedule.
Election Day isn't on the 2026 holiday calendar for the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, so it's a normal session for the S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq Composite.
Is the stock market open on Election Day 2026?
Regular trading runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
Premarket trading on Nasdaq starts at 4 a.m. ET.
After-hours trading on Nasdaq runs until 8 p.m. ET.
The next stock market holiday is Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026. Stocks close early at 1 p.m. ET the next day, Friday, November 27.
Is the bond market open on Election Day?
Yes. Bond markets have no early close either. The industry's recommended 2026 holiday schedule has no close and no early close on Tuesday, November 3.
The next bond market holiday is Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, when the stock market stays open.
When did the stock market last close for Election Day?
The New York Stock Exchange used to take Election Day off. It closed for the vote every year through 1968.
From 1972 to 1980, it closed only in presidential election years. The last Election Day closure came on Tuesday, November 4, 1980.
That makes 1966 the last midterm year the exchange shut for the vote. It has stayed open on every midterm Election Day since.
What to watch on election night
Polls close in the evening, after the closing bell, so most results land outside regular trading hours.
Most of the market's reaction comes at the open on Wednesday, November 4.
Midterm years have their own track record. Here's how the S&P 500 has done after midterm elections, and where 2026 sits in the four-year presidential cycle. For more on politics, the economy and stocks, see our macro coverage.
Wall Street hasn't taken Election Day off since 1980, so the market's verdict on the vote comes the very next morning.
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