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Topline If you see no movement in your 401(k) or brokerage accounts Friday, it’s not a sign of suddenly perfectly priced assets, as most financial markets globally will take a breather. Good Friday holds a unique distinction in stock and bond markets. Getty Images Key Facts Both major U.S. stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, are closed for trading Friday. U.S. Bond markets are also closed, having actually closed early Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT. The closures are in observance of the Christian holiday Good Friday, ahead of Easter Sunday. Good Friday holds a unique distinction for financial markets: It’s the only weekday which is not a federal holiday in which bond and stock markets don’t open shop. Bond markets also close for Columbus Day in October and Veterans Day in November. What Time Do Bond And Stock Markets Open? The NYSE and Nasdaq’s normal trading hours are Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., while U.S. bond markets are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Stateside bond and stock markets will resume normal trading Monday. What Financial Markets Are Open? Major exchanges across the world are shut Friday, from Toronto to London to Mumbai. The most notable exceptions are in China and Japan, home to the two largest equity markets in the world outside of the U.S., according to the World Bank. Friday equity market movements in those Asian superpowers were positive, as China’s CSI 300 index gained .01% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1% in trading sessions which wrapped before 5 a.m. EDT. As for markets that will be open during normal U.S. business hours Friday, those are few and far between, though the always-open cryptocurrency market will trade as normal. Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable crypto asset, was flat…

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