Madrid, December 26 (EFECOM).- The four Spanish stock exchanges (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) will remain closed this Friday, December 26, as well as yesterday’s Christmas Day, as they are considered non-business days due to the St. Stephen’s Day celebrations in much of Europe.
After closing last Wednesday in a shorter session than usual with a decline of 0.06% at 17,172.9 points, the Spanish stock market will not resume operations until next Monday, December 29th.
Until this date, the Spanish market remained closed on January 1st, New Year’s Day; April 18, Good Friday; April 21, Easter Monday, May 1, International Workers’ Day; yesterday Christmas Day; and this Friday.
Next December 31st, like last Christmas Eve, the Spanish market will be open for only half a session until 2 p.m.
Next year, the Spanish stock market will be closed for five public holidays, one fewer than in 2025, as December 26 falls on a Saturday.
The rest will be like this year and so the market will not open on January 1st, New Year’s Day; April 3, Good Friday; Monday, April 6, Easter Monday; May 1, International Workers’ Day; and December 25th.
Since 1998, the stock exchanges of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia maintain a unified calendar of meetings with Europe so that there is no distortion in securities prices and arbitrage between the different exchanges is avoided as much as possible.
In 2005, the Spanish stock market began a gradual shortening of its holidays to bring them in line with major European stock exchanges, which were closed for fewer days than in Spain. EFECOM
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