Memorial Day honors the women and men who died serving their country, and the holiday has become an unofficial start to summer, synonymous with backyard barbecues and festive parades.
Memorial Day is certainly about those who laid their lives on the line in defense of American values, but it may also come to be viewed as a time of reflection on those who were lost during the worst pandemic in generations, and those public-health workers who laid the groundwork for some semblance of a return to normalcy.
See: Life might feel more certain this summer, but betting on a calm stock market still could go wrong The Nasdaq exchange, operated by Nasdaq Inc. NDAQ, +0.89%, and the New York Stock Exchange, owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc. ICE, +0.77%, will be closed on Monday. Meanwhile, it is also a bank holiday in the U.K, and the London Stock Exchange, and notably the FTSE 100 UKX, +0.04%. Other European bourses, including the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.05%, however, will be open.