NYSE Holidays

NYSE holiday schedule

NYSE Holidays – The 1903 neoclassical facade makes the 17-storey Manhattan Stock Exchange off Wall Street look more like an ancient church than the hear of capitalism. Even though it now trades over two billion shares on busy days, its unpretentious origins are traced to a tree on the Street in which, in 1792, twenty-four brokers drew up a pact to trade.

The present building first opened its doors as the Long Island Stock Exchange in 1817, quickly growing into a world establishment. Today, the NYSE has more than 1,300 exclusive members.

The exchange has a history of crashes and rises, the most dramatic being the great Crash of 1929 when rumor had it that traders leapt from the windows as investors gathered in panic outside. The public gallery has now been closed for security reasons.

Visitors are not able to see the frenetic activity on the trading floor, where computerised stock tickers flick up prices as quick as the human eye can see them and tendrils of gold piping carry PC messages above the hum. However, walking among the traders in the crowded pedestrian-only streets outside, visitors can gaze up at this suitably impressive building and imagine the activity within.

Those who want to learn more and see exhibits like ticker-tape from the morning of the big Crash, head to the Museum of American Fiscal History a few blocks away (open from 10am to 4pm on weekdays ). Its permanent collection offers an understanding of into the development and history of all the famous monetary establishments on Wall Street. The outside of the New York Stock Exchange is deceptively quiet.