Did the stock market close/shut down at 1:00 pm today?

[Mind_your_head]

Is that customary? And, if it's custumary, why is that so?

TIA,
M_Y_H

[RB TexLa]

1. Always a half day on the Friday after Thanksgiving

it's just so there isn't four days without trading.

[Zynx]

2. Every Black Friday I can remember closes at 1:00 PM.

[Mind_your_head]

3. Thanks for the replies. That's what I wanted to know/understand n/t

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Yes.

Because of the holidays, they ran out of cocaine, meth and cheap-assed vodka 1.5l bottles with straws in them. The markets are incapable of operating under such circumstances.

[Mind_your_head]

5. Makes sense

Taking into consideration how the markets have been moving.....Volatile! Explosive diarrhea-like.

Ewwwww.... (I know)