nyseclosures

New York Stock Exchange closures from 1885 to 2070

Syntax

Closures = nyseclosures

[Closures,SatTransition] = nyseclosures(StartDate,EndDate,WorkWeekFormat)

Description

Closures = nyseclosures returns a vector of dates for all known or anticipated closures from January 1, 1885 to December 31, 2070.

Since the New York Stock Exchange was open on Saturdays before September 29, 1952, exact closures from 1885 to 1952 are based on a 6-day workweek. nyseclosures contains all holiday and special non-trading days for the New York Stock Exchange from 1885 through 2070 based on a six-day work week (always closed on Sundays).

[Closures,SatTransition] = nyseclosures(StartDate,EndDate,WorkWeekFormat), using optional input arguments, returns a vector of dates corresponding to market closures between StartDate and EndDate, inclusive.

Since the New York Stock Exchange was open on Saturdays before September 29, 1952, exact closures from 1885 to 1952 are based on a 6-day workweek. nyseclosures contains all holiday and special non-trading days for the New York Stock Exchange from 1885 through 2070 based on a six-day work week (always closed on Sundays). Use WorkWeekFormat to modify the list of dates.

Examples

Find NYSE Closures

Find the NYSE closures for 1899:

datestr(nyseclosures('1-jan-1899','31-dec-1899'),'dd-mmm-yyyy ddd')

ans = 16×15 char array
    '02-Jan-1899 Mon'
    '11-Feb-1899 Sat'
    '13-Feb-1899 Mon'
    '22-Feb-1899 Wed'
    '31-Mar-1899 Fri'
    '29-May-1899 Mon'
    '30-May-1899 Tue'
    '03-Jul-1899 Mon'
    '04-Jul-1899 Tue'
    '04-Sep-1899 Mon'
    '29-Sep-1899 Fri'
    '30-Sep-1899 Sat'
    '07-Nov-1899 Tue'
    '25-Nov-1899 Sat'
    '30-Nov-1899 Thu'
    '25-Dec-1899 Mon'

Find the NYSE closures for 1899 using a datetime array:

[Closures,SatTransition] = nyseclosures(datetime(1899,1,1),datetime(1899,6,30))

Closures = 7×1 datetime
   02-Jan-1899
   11-Feb-1899
   13-Feb-1899
   22-Feb-1899
   31-Mar-1899
   29-May-1899
   30-May-1899

SatTransition = datetime
   29-Sep-1952

Find the NYSE closure dates using the 'Archaic' value for WorkWeekFormat:

nyseclosures(datetime(1952,9,1),datetime(1952,10,31),'a')

ans = 10×1 datetime
   01-Sep-1952
   06-Sep-1952
   13-Sep-1952
   20-Sep-1952
   27-Sep-1952
   04-Oct-1952
   11-Oct-1952
   13-Oct-1952
   18-Oct-1952
   25-Oct-1952

The exchange was closed on Saturdays for much of 1952 before the official transition to a 5-day workweek.

Input Arguments

StartDate — Start date

start of default date range, January 1, 1885 (default) | datetime array | string array | date character vector

Start date, specified as a scalar or a vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, nyseclosures also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

EndDate — End date

end of default date range, December 31, 2070 (default) | datetime array | string array | date character vector

End date, specified as a scalar or a vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, nyseclosures also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

WorkWeekFormat — Method to handle the workweek

'Implicit' (default) | date character vector with values 'Modern', 'Implicit', or 'Archaic'

Method to handle the workweek, specified using a date character vector with values 'Modern', 'Implicit', or 'Archaic'. This function accepts the first letter for each method as input and is not case-sensitive. Acceptable values are:

• 'Modern' — 5-day workweek with all Saturday trading days removed.

• 'Implicit' — 6-day workweek until 1952 and 5-day week afterward (no need to exclude Saturdays).

• 'Archaic' — 6-day workweek throughout and Saturdays treated as closures after 1952.

Data Types: char

Output Arguments

Closures — Market closures between StartDate and EndDate, inclusive

vector

Market closures between the StartDate and EndDate, inclusive, returned as a vector of dates.

If StartDate or EndDate are all either strings or date character vectors, both Closures and SatTransition are returned as serial date numbers. Use the function datetime to convert serial date numbers to formatted datetime arrays. If either StartDate or EndDate are datetime arrays, both Closures and SatTransition are returned as datetime arrays.

If both StartDate and EndDate are not specified or are empty, Closures contains all known or anticipated closures from January 1, 1885 to December 31, 2070 based on a WorkWeekFormat of 'implicit'.

SatTransition — Date of transition for New York Stock Exchange from 6-day workweek to 5-day workweek

serial date number | datetime array

Date of transition for the New York Stock Exchange from a 6-day workweek to a 5-day workweek, returned as the date September 29, 1952 (serial date number 713226).

If StartDate or EndDate are all either strings or date character vectors, both Closures and SatTransition are returned as serial date numbers. Use the function datetime to convert serial date numbers to formatted datetime arrays. If either StartDate or EndDate are datetime arrays, both Closures and SatTransition are returned as datetime arrays.

More About

holidays

The holidays function is based on a modern 5-day workweek.

This function contains all holidays and special nontrading days for the New York Stock Exchange from January 1, 1885 to December 31, 2070.

Since the New York Stock Exchange was open on Saturdays before September 29, 1952, exact closures from 1885 to 2070 should include Saturday trading days. To capture these dates, use nyseclosures. The results from holidays and nyseclosures are identical if the WorkWeekFormat in nyseclosures is 'Modern'.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

R2022b: Serial date numbers not recommended

Although nyseclosures supports serial date numbers, datetime values are recommended instead. The datetime data type provides flexible date and time formats, storage out to nanosecond precision, and properties to account for time zones and daylight saving time.

To convert serial date numbers or text to datetime values, use the datetime function. For example:

t = datetime(738427.656845093,"ConvertFrom","datenum");
y = year(t)

y =

        2021

There are no plans to remove support for serial date number inputs.