The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is closed on Double Ninth Festival. US markets trade as normal.
Who closes, and when
- HKEXHong Kong Stock ExchangeClosed Monday, October 19. Trades again Tuesday, October 20 at 09:30 Hong Kong time.
What this means for trading
HKEX does not trade, so orders placed that day queue for the next session. NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX, LSE, ASX, TSE, SSE, NSE and BSE keep normal hours that day, so global markets still price news that day.
What the market did
- US markets on Monday, October 19, 2026 → · HKEX closed; US markets traded
What that day looks like
Written Oct 22HKEX is closed all day for Double Ninth Festival on Monday, October 19. On October 19, 9 tracked exchanges trade as normal, NYSE and NASDAQ among them. HKEX trades again on Tuesday, October 20. On October 20, 8 tracked exchanges trade as normal, NYSE and NASDAQ among them, and NSE and BSE are shut for Dussehra.
AI-generated from this page's data. Informational only — not investment advice.
Every tracked exchange on Monday, October 19, 2026
- NYSENew York Stock ExchangeOpen 09:30–16:00 local
- NASDAQNASDAQ Stock MarketOpen 09:30–16:00 local
- TSXToronto Stock ExchangeOpen 09:30–16:00 local
- LSELondon Stock ExchangeOpen 08:00–16:30 local
- ASXAustralian Securities ExchangeOpen 10:00–16:00 local
- TSETokyo Stock ExchangeOpen 09:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:30 local
- SSEShanghai Stock ExchangeOpen 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:00 local
- HKEXHong Kong Stock ExchangeClosed — Double Ninth Festival
- NSENational Stock Exchange of IndiaOpen 09:15–15:30 local
- BSEBombay Stock ExchangeOpen 09:15–15:30 local
Double Ninth Festival in other years
- 2027 · Oct 8
Other 2026 closures
- Dussehra · Oct 20
- Sports Day · Oct 12
- Thanksgiving (Canada) · Oct 12
- Culture Day · Nov 3
- Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti · Oct 2
- National Day · Oct 1
- National Day (Hong Kong) · Oct 1
- Diwali Balipratipada · Nov 10