HKEX holidays 2026
Closure dates, half days, adjusted weekends and reopening dates for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, each linked to the exchange notice.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is closed on 14 weekday dates in 2026 across 14 holidays: New Year (1 Jan); Lunar New Year (17 Feb); Lunar New Year (second day) (18 Feb); Lunar New Year (third day) (19 Feb); Good Friday (3 Apr); Ching Ming holiday (6 Apr); Easter holiday (7 Apr); Labour Day (1 May); Buddha Birthday holiday (25 May); Tuen Ng Festival (19 Jun); HKSAR Establishment Day (1 Jul); National Day (1 Oct); Chung Yeung holiday (19 Oct); Christmas Day (25 Dec). Half trading days: , , . Basis: HKEX holiday notice, source-checked , human-verified .
Holiday dates, with exchange evidence.
| Holiday | Closure period | Record source | Human verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year | 1 Jan – 1 Jan | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Lunar New Year | 17 Feb – 17 Feb | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Lunar New Year (second day) | 18 Feb – 18 Feb | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Lunar New Year (third day) | 19 Feb – 19 Feb | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Good Friday | 3 Apr – 3 Apr | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Ching Ming holiday | 6 Apr – 6 Apr | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Easter holiday | 7 Apr – 7 Apr | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Labour Day | 1 May – 1 May | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Buddha Birthday holiday | 25 May – 25 May | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Tuen Ng Festival | 19 Jun – 19 Jun | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| HKSAR Establishment Day | 1 Jul – 1 Jul | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| National Day | 1 Oct – 1 Oct | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Chung Yeung holiday | 19 Oct – 19 Oct | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec – 25 Dec | HKEX ↗ | Verified |
Half trading days
16 Feb 2026 Lunar New Year eve · half day · 24 Dec 2026 Christmas eve · half day · 31 Dec 2026 New Year eve · half day
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A working weekend is still a closed market.
Government make-up workdays are annotations, never instructions to reopen an exchange.
The evening is not the trading date.
A Friday evening can belong to Monday. After a holiday, the returning evening belongs to the following trading date.
An exchange notice takes precedence.
Accepted amendments carry their source, affected dates and a public revision record. Unknown is never silently changed to open.
Cite this page
Same fields as the API: page, URL, data_version, verified_atMarkets Open, “HKEX holidays 2026: 14 closures and half days”, https://marketsopen.today/hkex/holidays/2026, data version 2026.09.29-rc.2, human-verified 2026-09-29.