Tuesday January 6 2026
News Source: Global Exchanges
Focus: Holidays and Opening Hours and suspensions
Type: General
Country: Dubai
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced Trading and Settlement Holidays for the Calendar Year 2024 for Derivatives Market. In addition to the official weekend holidays on Saturday and Sunday, 2026 official trading and settlement holidays for the Market listed below:
AED EQUITY FUTURES:
| SR.NO. | DATE | DAY | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 01-Jan-2026 | Thursday | NEW YEAR’S DAY |
| 2 | 19-Mar-2026 | Thursday | EID AL FITR* |
| 3 | 20-Mar-2026 | Friday | EID AL FITR* |
| 4 | 21-Mar-2026 | Saturday | EID AL FITR* |
| 5 | 26-May-2026 | Tuesday | ARAFAH (HAJ) DAY* |
| 6 | 27-May-2026 | Wednesday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 7 | 28-May-2026 | Thursday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 8 | 29-May-2026 | Friday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 9 | 16-Jun-2026 | Tuesday | HIJRI NEW YEAR’S DAY* |
| 10 | 25-Aug-2026 | Tuesday | PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY |
| 11 | 02-Dec-2026 | Wednesday | UAE NATIONAL DAY |
| 12 | 03-Dec-2026 | Thursday | UAE NATIONAL DAY |
USD MICRO OMAN CRUDE OIL FUTURES:
| SR.NO. | DATE | DAY | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 01-Jan-2026 | Thursday | NEW YEAR’S DAY |
| 2 | 19-Jan-2026 | Monday | BIRTHDAY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. |
| 3 | 16-Feb-2026 | Monday | WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY |
| 4 | 19-Mar-2026 | Thursday | EID AL FITR* |
| 5 | 20-Mar-2026 | Friday | EID AL FITR* |
| 6 | 21-Mar-2026 | Saturday | EID AL FITR* |
| 7 | 25-May-2026 | Monday | MEMORIAL DAY |
| 8 | 26-May-2026 | Tuesday | ARAFAH (HAJ) DAY* |
| 9 | 27-May-2026 | Wednesday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 10 | 28-May-2026 | Thursday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 11 | 29-May-2026 | Friday | EID AL ADHA* |
| 12 | 16-Jun-2026 | Tuesday | HIJRI NEW YEAR’S DAY* |
| 13 | 19-Jun-2026 | Friday | JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY |
| 14 | 04-Jul-2026 | Saturday | INDEPENDENCE DAY |
| 15 | 25-Aug-2026 | Tuesday | PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY |
| 16 | 07-Sep-2026 | Monday | LABOR DAY |
| 17 | 12-Oct-2026 | Monday | COLUMBUS DAY |
| 18 | 11-Nov-2026 | Wednesday | VETERANS DAY |
| 19 | 26-Nov-2026 | Thursday | THANKINGSGIVING DAY |
| 20 | 02-Dec-2026 | Wednesday | UAE NATIONAL DAY |
| 21 | 03-Dec-2026 | Thursday | UAE NATIONAL DAY |
| 22 | 25-Dec-2026 | Friday | CHRISTMAS DAY |
| 23 | 01-Jan-2027 | Friday | New YEAR DAY |
*Islamic holidays may vary and are subject to change. Such changes will be disclosed to all market participants in the form of a circular.
There will be no Mark to Market Funds Settlement for Micro Oman Crude Oil Futures on the above-mentioned holiday, the Mark to Market for these contracts shall be netted with the Mark to Market of next trading day on the following settlement day.
Unless stated otherwise, the trading and Mark to Market settlement for derivatives contracts shall normally take place from Monday to Friday.
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