| HOLIDAY | 2016 | |
| New Years Day | January 1 | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | January 18 | |
| Washington's Birthday* | February 15 | |
| Good Friday | March 25 | |
| Memorial Day | May 30 | |
| Independence Day | July 4 | |
| Labor Day | September 5 | |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 24** | |
| Christmas | December 25 (Observed December 26) |
* 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).
** Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Friday,November 25, 2016 (the day after Thanksgiving). Crossing Session orders will be accepted beginning at 1:00 p.m. for continuous executions until 1:30 p.m. on these dates.
