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Spanish stock markets to open on National Day, 12 October
Spain’s stock exchanges in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia will open on Monday, 12 October, even though the country is celebrating its National Day.
The domestic bond market will also operate as usual.
The holiday is not among the five closure days in Spain’s 2026 market calendar.
The market has already closed on four scheduled holidays this year, including New Year’s Day and 1 May.
Christmas Day, 25 December, is the only scheduled closure still to come.
Trading will be limited to half a session on 24 and 31 December.
Spanish exchanges have used a calendar aligned with European markets since 1998 to help avoid price distortions and opportunities for arbitrage between markets.
Spain’s four stock exchanges and its domestic fixed-income market are scheduled to open on Monday, 12 October, despite the National Day public holiday.
The exchanges are Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.
The market will operate normally because 12 October is not listed as a closing day in the 2026 calendar set by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles.
The Spanish market has closed on four of the five scheduled closure days so far in 2026.
Christmas Day, 25 December, is the remaining scheduled closure day this year.
- Who
- Spain’s four stock exchanges and domestic fixed-income market.
- What
- They will open and operate normally on National Day.
- When
- Monday, 12 October 2026.
- Where
- Spain, including the exchanges in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.
- Why
- 12 October is not listed as a market closure day in the 2026 calendar set by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles.
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The Spanish market was closed for New Year’s Day.
The market was closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday.
The market was closed for International Workers’ Day.
The four Spanish exchanges and domestic fixed-income market are scheduled to open on National Day.
The market is scheduled to close for Christmas Day.
- Exchanges
- Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia
- Opening date
- Monday, 12 October 2026
- Market status
- Scheduled to operate normally
- Closures so far in 2026
- 1 January, 3 April, 6 April and 1 May
- Remaining scheduled closure
- 25 December 2026
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