Stocks rose in early trading as Wall Street puts the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year.The S&P rose 0.3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 123 points, or 0.3%, as of 9:55 a.

Thursday: U.S. markets are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Friday: Markets close early in the U.S. The stock market closes at 1 p.m., while bond markets are slated to shut down an hour later. Black Friday marks the start of the holiday shopping season.

Dating back a century, the week of Thanksgiving and the stretch through New Year’s tends to be positive for stocks.

Here's what you need to know about whether U.S. stock markets will be open or closed on Thanksgiving this year.