U.S. Stock Market to Close Early on Wednesday, Closed on Thursday

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BlockBeats News, December 24th, due to the Christmas holiday, the U.S. stock market will close early on Wednesday and will close at 02:00 on December 25th Beijing time, and will be closed on Thursday for one day.

Trading of CME's precious metals, energy, foreign exchange, and stock index futures contracts will end early today, and trading of ICE's Brent crude oil futures contracts will also end early.

In addition, Trump signed an executive order, and U.S. federal government agencies will be off for three days from December 24th to December 26th. (FXStreet)

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