EXCHANGE HOLIDAY CALENDAR

HKEX holidays 2026

Closure dates, half days, adjusted weekends and reopening dates for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, each linked to the exchange notice.

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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 .

Source-checked ·Human-verified ·
Official notices (1)HKEX ↗
January 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
February 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
March 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
April 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
May 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
June 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
July 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
August 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
September 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
October 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
November 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening
December 2026
Exchange holidayNo-night evening

Holiday dates, with exchange evidence.

HolidayClosure periodRecord sourceHuman verification
New Year1 Jan – 1 JanHKEX ↗Verified
Lunar New Year17 Feb – 17 FebHKEX ↗Verified
Lunar New Year (second day)18 Feb – 18 FebHKEX ↗Verified
Lunar New Year (third day)19 Feb – 19 FebHKEX ↗Verified
Good Friday3 Apr – 3 AprHKEX ↗Verified
Ching Ming holiday6 Apr – 6 AprHKEX ↗Verified
Easter holiday7 Apr – 7 AprHKEX ↗Verified
Labour Day1 May – 1 MayHKEX ↗Verified
Buddha Birthday holiday25 May – 25 MayHKEX ↗Verified
Tuen Ng Festival19 Jun – 19 JunHKEX ↗Verified
HKSAR Establishment Day1 Jul – 1 JulHKEX ↗Verified
National Day1 Oct – 1 OctHKEX ↗Verified
Chung Yeung holiday19 Oct – 19 OctHKEX ↗Verified
Christmas Day25 Dec – 25 DecHKEX ↗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.

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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.

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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_at
Markets 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.

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