The stock market closes early on Thursday and remains closed on Friday, July 4. While American celebrate the Fourth of July, financial markets are taking a long weekend as well. The New York Stock Exchange closed at 1 p.m. July 3 and will remain closed throughout the weekend, reopening on July 7.

The Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Friday in observance of the Fourth of July. Bond markets will also be closed, as will NYSE American Equities, NYSE Arca Equities, NYSE National, NYSE Texas, and NYSE options markets. These exchanges and markets will reopen at their regular times on Monday, July 7.

Here's what you need to know about the stock market and whether it is open or closed on the Fourth of July this year.

A Republican Congressman sold a Medicaid-related stock before voting for President Donald Trump 's massive tax and spending package, which affects Medicaid.

GOP Representative Robert Bresnahan voted for Trump’s budget on Thursday, conveniently after he dumped his shares of stock in a Medicaid provider. The Pennsylvania representative sold his Centene stock in May,

A company that monitors how legislators buy and sell stock is reporting that Rep. Robert Bresnahan (R-Pa.) has sold his stock in Centene just as Trump’s budget bill is preparing to pass the House. “We recently saw Representative Robert Bresnahan selling Centene stock.