MLK Day Closes Stock Markets, Honors Civil Rights Icon
- Stock market closed on MLK Day (Jan 16, 2023); futures trading continues
- NYSE, Nasdaq closed; some futures on Comex, NYMEX have shortened trading hours
- Bitcoin/crypto markets open all day
- MLK Day honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., signed into law 1983
- New Hampshire last state to specifically name holiday after King in 1999 (previously "Civil Rights Day")