U.S. financial markets closed Monday for Juneteenth

NEW YORK — U.S. financial markets will observe the Juneteenth holiday for the first time Monday.

Last year, Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday to mark the effective end of slavery in the U.S. Since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday.

For the first time in history, there’s no trading on Wall Street in observance of Juneteenth. Meet some important leaders working to make a more inclusive economy. #Juneteenth2022 pic.twitter.com/y6hVUzj0dC

— NYSE 🏛 (@NYSE) June 20, 2022

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers brought news to Black people who were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas that they were free. That was two months after the Confederacy surrendered in the Civil War and about 2½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.