Navigating the New Year: Market Outlook as 2026 Begins Amidst Holiday Closure

As the calendar turns to January 1, 2026, the U.S. stock markets observe the New Year's Day holiday, with both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq remaining closed for trading. This means no official pre-market or after-hours trading activity is taking place today. However, investors are keenly assessing the market's trajectory after a remarkably strong 2025 and looking ahead to the factors that will shape trading when markets reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026. Futures markets, though experiencing ...