Market holiday - Markets and exchanges closed.
Public holiday - Government offices, banks and ordinary
businesses closed.
REUTERS DIARY OF MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN HOLIDAYS
Double-click in brackets for Americas holidays [HOL1/DIARY], Asian holidays [HOL2/DIARY] and European holidays [HOL3/DIARY]
Alternatively click on <HOLIDAY> to retrieve dates by
country.
** Details below represent the latest information available and
will be supplemented later, particularly with updated entries
for Muslim holidays.
(Note: Dates for Eid al-Fitr, Eid el-Adha, Muslim New Year
and Prophet Mohammed's Birthday may differ slightly depending on
the sighting of the moon)
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2007 MARKET/PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
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* More countries will be added as and when they become
available.
MONDAY, DEC 24
United Arab Emirates - Eid Al Adha - Market Holiday -
(ADSM/DFM - subject to change)
TUESDAY, DEC 25
Jordan - X-Mas Day - Market Holiday
Kenya - Christmas Day - Market holiday
Lebanon - Christmas Day - Market holiday
South Africa - Christmas Day - Market Holiday
United Arab Emirates - Eid Al Adha - Market Holiday -
(ADSM/DFM - subject to change)
United Arab Emirates - Christmas Day - Market Holiday -
(DIFX/DGCX)
WEDNESDAY, DEC 26
Kenya - Boxing Day - Market holiday
South Africa - Day of Goodwill - Market Holiday
SATURDAY, DEC 29
Iran - Eid Ghadir - Market Holiday (subject to lunar
sightings)
MONDAY, DEC 31
Jordan - New Year's Eve - Market Holiday
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2008 MARKET HOLIDAYS
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** MORE COUNTRIES WILL BE ADDED AS AND WHEN THE DATES ARE
CONFRIMED
TUESDAY, JAN 1
BAHRAIN - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
BENIN - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
BOTSWANA - New Years - Market Holiday
CAMEROON - New Years Day - Market Holiday
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - New Years Day - Market Holiday
CHAD - Market Holiday
CONGO REPUBLIC - New Years Day - Market Holiday
JORDAN - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
KUWAIT - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
LEBANON - New Year - Market Holdiay
OMAN - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
QATAR - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
SOUTH AFRICA - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - New Year's Day - Market Holiday
(DGCX/DIFX)
SUNDAY, JAN 6
LEBANON - Armenian Christmas Day - Market Holdiay
THURSDAY, JAN 10
BAHRAIN - Islamic New Year - Market Holiday
BENIN - Traditional Day - Market Holiday
CAMEROON - Hijra (Islamic New Year) - Market Holiday
COMOROS - Muharram (Islamic New Year) - Market Holiday
KUWAIT - Islamic New Year - Market Holiday (Subject to lunar
sighting)
LEBANON - Hegria New Year - Market Holdiay (TENTATIVE)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Islamic New Year - Market Holiday
(DGCX/DIFX/DFM/ADSM), (Subject to sighting of the moon)
FRIDAY, JAN 18
BAHRAIN - Ashura - Market Holiday (Subject to sighting of
the moon)
SATURDAY, JAN 19
COMOROS - Ashoura - Market Holiday
IRAN - Ashura - Market Holiday (Subject to lunar sighting)
LEBANON - Achoura - Market Holdiay (TENTATIVE)
FEBRUARY
TUESDAY, FEB 5
BURUNDI - National Unity Day - Market Holiday
CONGO REPUBLIC - Congolese Womens Day - Market Holiday
SATURDAY, FEB 9
LEBANON - St. Maroun's Day - Market Holdiay
MONDAY, FEB 11
CAMEROON - Youth Day - Market Holiday
IRAN - Victory of Islamic Revolution - Market Holiday
MONDAY, FEB 25
KUWAIT - National/Liberation Days - Market Holiday
TUESDAY, FEB 26
KUWAIT - National/Liberation Days - Market Holiday
THURSDAY, FEB 28
IRAN - Arbain - Market Holiday (Subject to lunar sighting)
MARCH
SATURDAY, MARCH 8
IRAN - Martyrdom of Imam Reza - Market Holiday (Subject to
lunar sighting)
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
COMOROS - Anniversary of the Death of President Said Mohamed
Cheikh - Market Holiday
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
IRAN - Petroleum Day - Market Holiday
THURSDAY, MARCH 20
BAHRAIN - Prophet Mohammad's Birthday - Market Holiday
(Subject to sighting of the moon)
BENIN - Prophets Birthday - Market Holiday
CAMEROON - Eid Milab Nabi - Market Holiday
COMOROS - Birth of the Prophet - Market Holiday
KUWAIT - Prophet's Birthday - Market Holiday (Subject to
sighting of the moon)
LEBANON - Prophet's Birthday - Market Holdiay(TENTATIVE)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Prophet's Birthday - Market
Holiday (DGCX/DIFX)
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
BOTSWANA - Good Friday - Market Holiday
ISRAEL - Purim - Market Holiday
LEBANON - Good Friday(Western) - Market Holdiay
SOUTH AFRICA - Good Friday - Market Holiday
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Good Friday - Market Holiday (DGCX)
MONDAY, MARCH 24 BENIN - Easter Monday - Market Holiday
BOTSWANA - Easter Monday - Market Holiday
CHAD - Market Holiday
LEBANON - Market Holdiay
SOUTH AFRICA - Family Day - Market Holiday
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Anniversary of the Death of
Barthelemy Boganda - Market Holiday
APRIL
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
CHAD - Market Holiday
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
ISRAEL - Passover - Market Holiday
MONDAY, APRIL 21
CAMEROON - Easter - Market Holiday
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
CAMEROON - Easter - Market Holiday
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
CAMEROON - Easter - Market Holiday
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
CAMEROON - Easter - Market Holiday
SUNDAY, APRIL 27
SOUTH AFRICA - Freedom Day - Market Holiday (Whenever any
public holiday falls on a Sunday, the Monday following on it
shall be a public holiday)
MAY
THURSDAY, MAY 1
BAHRAIN - Labour Day - Market Holiday
BENIN - Labour Day / Ascension Day - Market Holiday
BOTSWANA - Labour Day - Market Holiday
BURUNDI - International Labour Day - Market Holiday
CAMEROON - Labour Day/Ascension Day - Market Holiday
CHAD - Market Holiday
COMOROS - Labour Day - Market Holiday
CONGO REPUBLIC - Labour Day - Market Holiday
LEBANON - Labour Day - Market Holdiay
SOUTH