The Day Before/After Holidays
February 8, 1971 to May 31, 2005

  
 

Holiday

  

Day Before Holiday

  

Day After Holiday
 

Up

Down

Total

% Up

  

Up

Down

Total

% Up

New Year's Day

  

29

5

34

85.3%

  

16

18

34

47.1%

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

  

4

3

7

57.1%

  

4

3

7

57.1%

Washington's Birthday

  

16

19

35

45.7%

  

11

24

35

31.4%

Good Friday

  

25

10

35

71.4%

  

12

23

35

34.3%

Memorial Day

  

22

13

35

62.9%

  

15

20

35

42.9%

Independence Day

  

20

13

34

58.8%

  

13

21

34

38.2%

Labor Day

  

25

9

34

73.5%

  

16

18

34

47.1%

Thanksgiving Day

  

28

6

34

82.4%

  

29

5

34

85.3%

Chirstmas Day

  

25

9

34

73.5%

  

24

10

34

70.6%
Notes:
The Independence Day total (before holiday) includes one unchanged day.
The last trading day of the year has been an up day 85.3% of the time (29 of 34).
The day after Thanksgiving has been an up day 85.3% of the time (29 of 34).