Are US markets closed today for Labor Day? Here are key things investors should focus on this week

As per the Wall Street holiday calendar on the NYSE website, the US equity markets will remain closed on Monday and then reopen on Tuesday, September 8, for regular trading hours.

NYSE holiday calendar also showed that the US equity market indices will remain closed for only two more days this year. The markets will remain closed on Thursday, November 26, on account of Thanksgiving Day, and on Friday, December 25, on account of the Christmas Day holiday.

Here are key things to watch this week

Inflation data in focus

Equity market investors are set to wait for the upcoming CPI inflation data release for the US economy scheduled later this week, which will indicate the potential rate trajectory of the US Federal Reserve’s upcoming monetary policy meeting.

The US CPI inflation data for the month of August 2026 will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) later this week on Friday, September 11. The inflation data for July 2026 was at 3.4% for the American economy.

This week, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is also set to release the Producer Price Index (PPI) data for August 2026 on Thursday, September 10.

Asian market today

On Monday, September 7, the Asian markets ended on a mixed note with strong performance in heavyweight chipmaking stocks amid elevated crude oil prices above $97 per barrel.

MarketWatch data showed that Japan’s Nikkei 225 ended 2.12% higher, China’s Shanghai Composite ended 0.07% higher, and South Korea’s KOSPI closed 4.61% higher after the trading session on September 7.

While the Hong Kong-based Hang Seng ended 0.93% lower, India’s SENSEX ended 0.50% lower, and Singapore’s FTSE ended 0.17% lower.

How did the US markets end last week?

The US equity market indices ended lower after the trading session on Friday, September 4, as investors focused on the higher-than-expected jobs report, with US non-farm payrolls rising 162,000 in August 2026.

The job report data further showed that the US unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% in the same period.

Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.51% lower at 53,414.25 points after the trading session on Friday, September 4, in comparison to 53,686.11 points at the previous equity market close, according to MarketWatch data.

The exchange data also showed that the S&P 500 index ended 0.38% lower at 7,718.60 points after the trading session on Friday, compared to 7,747.71 points at the previous equity market close.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index ended 0.29% lower at 26,506.99 points after the trading session on September 4, in comparison to 26,584.06 points at the previous Wall Street close.