SIFMA Recommends Market Close on New Year's Day in the U.S., the UK and Japan

SIFMA recommended that the market close for the New Year's holiday in the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

SIFMA recommended an early close at 2:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, and a full market close on Thursday, January 1, 2015, for trading U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

See: U.S. Market Close Recommendations; UK Market Close Recommendations; Japan Market Close Recommendations; Press Release.