The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will be shuttered at the conclusion of regular trade Thursday, while the bond market will close an hour early, at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, and will remain closed over the Fourth of July holiday, per the recommendation of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a brokerage-industry trade group that sets procedures for trading in bonds like the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.695%.
Calls for social justice ensued for Floyd and others, and this Independence Day may, for some, provide a time of somber reflection if not celebration. Read: Macy’s launches ‘unannounced’ July 4th fireworks this week — but who’s behind the surprise fireworks boom across the country? So far, the business community has seen an outpouring of support for social justice from a number of corporations, but it is unclear how this groundswell, along with the effects of the virus, will shape the future.