The Gap Between Christmas and New Year's Historically Means Slow Trading—But Solid Gains

The vacation limbo betwixt Christmas and New Year's tin beryllium a blur for galore Americans—and that goes for Wall Street, too.

Going backmost to 2019, regular trading measurement connected the large U.S. exchanges averaged 9.09 cardinal shares traded during Dec. 26 done Dec. 31, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That compares to the regular mean during those years of 11.59 billion.

Things tin get awfully sleepy: Only 4.58 cardinal shares traded connected Dec. 26, 2019. The biggest measurement time during the agelong was Dec. 31, 2024, erstwhile 14.12 cardinal shares traded.