Yes. The U.S. stock market is open today, Thursday, November 12, 2026, for a regular session. NYSE markets observe U.S. holidays as published for 2026–2028, and the 2026 table lists no holiday between Labor Day (Monday, September 7) and Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26) — so today is a standard trading day.[1] Market-status pages agree: regular hours run 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and the next scheduled closure is Thanksgiving Day, November 26.[2] If you need to place or exit a position today, work within that 9:30–4:00 ET session; anything outside it depends on your broker's extended-hours setup. Nasdaq's holiday calendar matches NYSE's, as the status pages that track both exchanges report.[2]

Today's session, hour by hour

NYSE's published schedule breaks the day into windows. The pre-opening session starts at 6:30 a.m. ET, with orders queued for the opening auction at 9:30 a.m. The core trading session runs 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, with a closing imbalance period from 3:50 p.m. and the closing auction at 4:00 p.m.[1] A late trading session runs 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET — the window NYSE lists for its American exchange, and the same 4:00–8:00 p.m. block status pages quote as standard after-hours.[1][2] Before the open, status pages quote pre-market from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET as a commonly offered window.[2] Access to these extended sessions varies by broker: NYSE's pre-opening windows queue orders rather than trade continuously, and some of its exchanges run an early trading session from 7:00 a.m. ET — but your broker's hours page decides which of them you can use.[1][2] The dates named here sit in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5).[3]

What's left of the 2026 calendar

NYSE's 2026 table carries ten full-day closures; after today, two of them remain — Thanksgiving (November 26) and Christmas (December 25) — and the table's footnotes add two 1:00 p.m. early closes, on November 27 and December 24.

  • Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26 — closed.[1]
  • Friday, November 27 — open, but each market closes early at 1:00 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. for eligible options), and late trading on NYSE American, NYSE Arca, NYSE National and NYSE Texas ends at 5:00 p.m. that day.[1]
  • Thursday, December 24 — the same 1:00 p.m. early close, options at 1:15 p.m.[1]
  • Christmas Day, Friday, December 25 — closed.[1]

After the November 27 early close, the next full regular session is Monday, November 30.[3]

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the market usually closes the Friday before; when it falls on a Sunday, it closes the following Monday. One exception: the NYSE does not close on Friday, December 31 when New Year's Day falls on a Saturday.[2] NYSE's own calendar shows the rule at work — because January 1, 2028 falls on a Saturday, no New Year's Day holiday is observed that year.[1]

Why Veterans Day didn't close the market

Yesterday makes the distinction concrete. Wednesday, November 11 was Veterans Day, a federal holiday, and stocks still traded a full session: the status pages show Wednesday's regular session closed at 4:00 p.m. ET as usual, and state the general rule — a federal holiday does not automatically close the stock market.[2][3] The reason is that three calendars do not move together:

  • The Federal Reserve was closed: Veterans Day, November 11, appears on the Fed's published 2026 holiday schedule for the Federal Reserve System.[5]
  • The covered bond markets had a SIFMA-recommended holiday: November 11 was on it, and so was Columbus Day on October 12 — covering U.S. dollar-denominated government securities, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, over-the-counter investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, municipal bonds and secondary money-market instruments.[4]
  • Equities had no holiday: NYSE's 2026 table lists no closure on November 11, so the session ran its normal 9:30–4:00 course.[1]

SIFMA's schedule is a recommendation, not a mandate — individual firms determine their trading arrangements.[3] Its recommendations also leave settlements alone: a scheduled early close does not change settlement closing times.[4] And the bond calendar's early closes differ from the equity numbers above — SIFMA's covered markets close at 2:00 p.m. ET on November 27 and December 24, not at the equities' 1:00 p.m.[4]

When the calendar isn't enough

A published calendar covers planned closures; it cannot cover surprises. Exchanges can close early or unexpectedly, and SIFMA maintains a policy for unscheduled changes in trading hours; the trackers make the same point in their disclaimers — confirm with the exchange.[4][2] For time-sensitive sessions, two checks are enough: the exchange's published hours-and-holidays calendar for the date you care about, and your broker's own hours page for extended windows.[3] The schedule facts here are dated November 12, 2026. The published NYSE calendar shows no further equity schedule changes through December 31;[1] the "open today" line is true for today only and refreshes against the next closure — Thanksgiving, November 26 — as the date changes.[2]