U.S. Markets Closed for Presidents’ Day, Reopening Tuesday

Softer inflation has lowered Treasury yields, putting the week’s focus on fresh earnings alongside policy signals.

Overview

The NYSE, Nasdaq and U.S. bond market were shut Monday for Presidents’ Day and will reopen Tuesday, Feb. 17, with equity trading starting at 9:30 a.m. ET.
With exchanges closed, U.S. futures saw light volume, Asia stayed muted due to China’s Lunar New Year break, and gold dipped below $5,000 as major cryptocurrencies fell.
Wall Street ended the prior week lower, with the Dow down about 1.23%, the S&P 500 off 1.39% and the Nasdaq sliding roughly 2.1% on pressure tied to tech and AI-capex worries.
January inflation came in softer at 2.4% year over year and 0.2% month over month, pulling the 10-year Treasury yield near 4.05% and boosting expectations for Fed rate cuts later in 2026.
Investors are watching earnings from Walmart, Warner Bros. Discovery, Booking Holdings, Deere and Palo Alto Networks, plus the Fed minutes, Q4 GDP and the core PCE price index.