Market holiday - Markets and exchanges 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]
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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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2009 MARKET HOLIDAYS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
Israel - Passover 1 Eve
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
Iraq - Baghdad Liberation Day
Israel - Passover 1
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
Cameroon - Good Friday
Gambia - Good Friday
Ghana - Good Friday
Kenya - Good Friday
Malawi - Good Friday
Namibia - Good Friday
Nigeria - Good Friday
South Africa - Good Friday
United Arab Emirates - Good Friday (DGCX)
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
Madagascar - Easter
Malawi - Easter Sunday
Namibia - Easter Sunday
Nigeria - Easter Day
MONDAY, APRIL 13
Central African Republic - Easter Monday
Chad - Easter Monday
Gabon - Easter Monday
Gambia - Easter Monday
Ghana - Easter Monday
Ivory Coast - Easter Monday
Kenya - Easter Monday
Madagascar - Easter Monday
Malawi - Easter Monday
Mali - Easter Monday
Namibia - Easter Monday
Nigeria - Easter Monday
South Africa - Family Day
TUESDAY, APRIL 14
Israel - Passover 2 Eve
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
Israel - Passover 2
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Good Friday
Gabon - Womens' Day
Iraq - FAO Day
Lebanon - Good Friday
Syria - Independence Day
United Arab Emirates - Good Friday (DIFX)
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
Egypt - Easter
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Easter
MONDAY, APRIL 20
Egypt - Sham El Nessim/Easter Monday
Lebanon - Easter Monday
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
South Africa - Public Holiday (Election Day)
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Eritrea - Local Good Friday
MONDAY, APRIL 27
South Africa - Freedom Day
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
Israel - Memorial Day
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
Israel - Independence Day
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Burundi - International Labour Day
Cameroon - Labor Day
Central African Republic - Labor Day
Chad - Labor Day
Comoros - Labor Day
Congo Republic - Labor Day
Egypt - Banks Holiday
Eritrea - Workers day
Ethiopia - International Labour Day
Gabon - Labor Day
Gambia - Labor Day
Ghana - Labour Day
Iraq - Labour Day
Ivory Coast - Labour Day
Kenya - International Labour Day
Lebanon - Labour Day
Madagascar - Labour Day
Malawi - Labour Day
Mali - Labor Day
Mauritania - Labor Day
Morocco - Labour Day
Namibia - Worker's Day
Nigeria - Labour Day
South Africa - Workers Day
Syria - Labour Day
SUNDAY, MAY 3
Bahrain - Labour Day
MONDAY, MAY 4
Namibia - Cassinga Day
TUESDAY, MAY 5
Ethiopia - Ethiopian Patriot's Day
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Lebanon - Martyr's Day
Syria - Martyrs Day
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Eritrea - Schuman Day
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
Cameroon - National Day
THURSDAY, MAY 21
Cameroon - Ascension
Cameroon - Sheep Festival
Central African Republic - Ascension
Ivory Coast - Ascension
Madagascar - Ascension Day
Namibia - Ascension Day
MONDAY, MAY 25
Chad - Africa Day
Ghana - Africa Day
Jordan - Independence Day
Lebanon - Resistance and Liberation Day
Madagascar - Whit Sunday Pentecost
Mali - Africa Day
Mauritania - Africa Day
Namibia - Africa Day
TUESDAY, MAY 28
Ethiopia - Downfall of the Dergue regime
Israel - Pentecost (Shavout) Eve
FRIDAY, MAY 29
Nigeria - Democracy Day
MONDAY, JUNE 1
Central African Republic - Whit Monday
Gabon - Whit Monday
Ivory Coast - Whit Monday
Kenya - Madaraka Day
Madagascar - Whit Monday
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Burundi - Pentecost
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Jordan - Army Day
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
Chad - Independence Day
Libya - Evacuation Day
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
Malawi - Freedom Day
TUESDAY, JUNE 16
South Africa - Youth Day
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
Eritrea - Martyres Day
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Madagascar - Independence Day (Fetinny Fahaleovantena)
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
Central African Republic - National Prayer Day
Congo Republic - Independence Day
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
Burundi - Independence Day
Ghana - Republic Day
MONDAY, JULY 6
Comoros - Independence Day
Malawi - Republic Day
TUESDAY, JULY 14
Iraq - Republic Day
SUNDAY, JULY 19
United Arab Emirates - The Prophet's Ascension (Nasdaq
Dubai)-Subject to lunar sightings
MONDAY, JULY 20
Comoros - Ascension of Mohammed
Jordan - Prophet's Ascension (Subject to lunar sightings)
Libya - Ascension of the Prophet(subject to lunar sighting)
United Arab Emirates - The Prophet's Ascension
(DFM/ADX/DGCX) - Subject to lunar sightings
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
Gambia - Revolution Day
THURSDAY, JULY 23
Egypt - Revolution Day
Libya - Reviolution Day
Oman - Renissance Day
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Israel - Tisha Be'av Fast Day
Morocco - Feast of the Throne
FRIDAY, AUG 7
Ivory Coast - Independence Day
SATURDAY, AUG 8
Iraq - Ceasefire Day (End of Iran/Iraq War)
MONDAY, AUG 10
South Africa - Market Holiday
TUESDAY, AUG 11
Chad - Independence Day
THURSDAY, AUG 13
Central African Republic - Independence Day
FRIDAY, AUG 14
Morocco - Fete Oued Eddahab (Oued Eddahab Allegiance Day).
SATURDAY, AUG 15
Cameroon - Assumption
Central African Republic - Assumption
Gabon - Assumption
Gambia - Assumption
Ivory Coast - Assumption
Madagascar - Assumption Day
SUNDAY, AUG 16
Gabon - Independence Day
MONDAY, AUG 17
Gabon - Independence Day
TUESDAY, AUG 18
Gabon - Independence Day
THURSDAY, AUG 20
Morocco - Revolution du Roi et du Peuple (Anniversary of the
King and the People's Revolution).
FRIDAY, AUG 21
Morocco - King Mohammed's Birthday
SATURDAY, AUG 22
Comoros - Start of Ramadan (May change)
WEDNESDAY, AUG 26
Namibia - Heroes' Day
TUESDAY, SEPT 1
Eritrea - Beginning of struggle
Libya - National Day
SUNDAY, SEPT 11
Eritrea - Ge'ez New Year
Ethiopia - Ethiopian New Year
THURSDAY, SEPT 17
Ivory Coast - Lailat al Qadr (subject to lunar sighting)
SATURDAY, SEPT 19
Saudi Arabia - Eid Al Fitr (Subject to lunar sightings)
SUNDAY, SEPT 20
Comoros - End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
Egypt - Eid El Fitr (Subject to lunar sightings)
Ethiopia - Id Al Fater (Remedan)
Iraq - Eid El Fitr(Subject to lunar sightings)
Israel - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
