US markets shut on 'Thanksgiving Day'

The 'Thanksgiving Day' in United States falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

The US markets will remain shut today on account of 'Thanksgiving Day'.

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States (US) and Canada. Traditionally, it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. While it may have been religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday. It is sometimes casually referred to as Turkey Day.

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

The precise historical origin of the holiday is disputed. Although Americans commonly believe that the first Thanksgiving happened in 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, there is some evidence for an earlier harvest celebration by Spanish explorers in Florida during 1565.