Traders and investors will have plenty of time to hang their stockings with care on Christmas Eve, as markets close early. Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market close at 1 p. Eastern on Wednesday and will reopen on Friday for a normal trading day.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that bond markets close at 2 p. Eastern on Wednesday and that markets stay closed on Thursday.

Friday is a regular trading day. Energy and oil products traded on Globex have an early close at 1: Globex trading will be closed on Thursday as well, according to CME Group.

Friday will be a regular trading day.

European markets also are making a short day of it on Wednesday — and a long weekend. Among the big ones, U. The German market is closed all day. Christmas Eve is the quietest trading day of the year. Silvia Ascarelli is a senior news editor for MarketWatch based in New York. You can follow her on Twitter SilviaAscarelli.

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