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> Exchanges are also closed on various bank holidays which are different in every country

You can't settle on a bank holiday, because the banks are closed. If you trade on a day you can't settle, you're going to have two days of trading settling on the same day later, which is going to be weird.




Weird or not, it happens in spot foreign exchange.

For example, if there’s a US holiday on a Friday then EUR/USD trades conducted on the Wednesday and Thursday would both typically settle Monday.


I count banks as part of the world of finance. Why do bank transactions need to stop during bank holidays? They are done by computers nowadays.


Because the bank is on holiday. That's right there in the name.




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