The Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Friday in observance of the Fourth of July. Bond markets will also be closed, as will NYSE American Equities, NYSE Arca Equities, NYSE National, NYSE Texas, and NYSE options markets. These exchanges and markets will reopen at their regular times on Monday, July 7.

Stock market hours today on July 3 are different from usual days. On July 3, US stock markets, including Nasdaq and NYSE, will close early at 1 p.m. Eastern. Bond markets shut at 2 p.m. Other exchange sessions will close later in the evening.

Friday marks the 249 th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence — and the Fourth of July holiday has become one filled with fireworks, musical celebrations and other flag-waving opportunities.