Does the NYSE provide a list of rules for determining when to close at 1:00 for a holiday? I have found a list of upcoming half-days here but I would like to know the rules so that I don't have to hard-code them in my application.
I found a list of all of the dates on which the NYSE closed early in its history here*. I could discern three rules for half-days that I would like to verify:
- Thanksgiving: the Friday after Thanksgiving is always a half day (close at 1:00).
- Christmas: if Dec 24th is a Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thur, close at 1:00.
- July 4th: if July 4th is a Tues, Wed, or Fri, close at 1:00 on the previous day. If July 4th is a Thur, close at 1:00 on the next day.
The list of upcoming holidays shows that Wednesday, July 3, 2013 is a half-day. This conflicts with what looks like their previous policies. I'm guessing that in the future, July 5th will never be a half-day and that July 3rd will be a half-day if it falls on a Mon, Tues, Wed, or Thur (similar to the Dec 24th rule).
*According to that historic list I linked, the NYSE used to be open on Saturdays. I thought that was interesting.
