NYSE Euronext today announced the 2012 and 2013 holiday calendar and early closing dates for its U.S. cash equity markets: New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and NYSE Arca. These dates also apply to the NYSE Bonds, NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options markets.

2012

New Year's Day   January 2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 16
Washington's Birthday February 20
Good Friday April 6
Memorial Day May 28
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day September 3
Thanksgiving Day November 22*
Christmas Day December 25

* Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 23, 2012 (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 this date.

2013

New Year's Day   January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 21
Washington's Birthday February 18
Good Friday March 29
Memorial Day May 27
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day September 2
Thanksgiving Day November 28*
Christmas Day December 25

* Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 2013 (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 this date.

Holidays and Hours link:

http://www.nyse.com/about/newsevents/1176373643795.html

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext, and NYSE Arca – represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com

NYSE Euronext
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