The U.S. financial markets are closed on April 3rd for Good Friday.

Due to Good Friday on April 3 (Friday), U.S. stock markets are closed for the day today. Trading of all-day futures contracts in gold and other precious metals, U.S. crude oil, foreign exchange, and stock indexes on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is suspended for the entire day. Trading of all-day Brent crude oil futures contracts on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is also suspended for the entire day. U.S. stock markets will reopen as usual on April 6 (next Monday).

Stock markets in several European countries, Australia, and China Hong Kong will be closed for two days on April 3 (today) and April 6 (next Monday). The two-day closures in Europe include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and others.

Good Friday and Easter are important Christian holidays. They commemorate the suffering and resurrection of Jesus Christ and are central events in the Christian faith. Good Friday is the day Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s suffering while being nailed to the cross—on the Friday before Easter. According to the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible, Jesus Christ was resurrected 3 days after being executed on the cross, thereby establishing Easter. Since Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox each year, it has no fixed calendar date, and therefore the date of Good Friday each year also has no fixed calendar date.

The calculation of Easter differs greatly among Catholics/Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians. Easter sometimes coincides in a small number of years across the three denominations, while in most years it is different. According to the tradition of the Roman Church, after the vernal equinox (around March 21), once a full moon is seen on that day, or the first full moon is encountered after the vernal equinox, the first Sunday encountered is Easter. Therefore, the dates of Easter for Catholics/Protestants generally fall between March 22 and April 25 on the Gregorian calendar. In 2025, Easter for Catholics/Protestants is April 20. 2025 is especially unusual because Easter falls on the same day for both Catholics/Protestants (following the Gregorian calendar, i.e., the Common Era calendar) and Eastern Orthodox Christians (following the Julian calendar), enabling the rare simultaneous celebration.

Easter’s holiday symbols include Easter eggs and Easter rabbits.

After the market closure on Good Friday, regular trading on Wall Street in the United States will continue through late May. The next scheduled routine market closure for U.S. stock markets is on May 25 (Monday) to commemorate Memorial Day.

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