Americans are getting ready to celebrate Christmas as the U.S. continues to face the highly contagious Omicron variant, persistent inflation and labor shortages. 

But it’s not all doom and gloom.

The S&P 500 index closed up 0.6% on Thursday, and is up 25.8% so far this year. The index also climbed Tuesday and Wednesday, with gains spurred…

Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-market-hours-today-open-closed-christmas-eve-2021-51640300386