Asian market schedules were split on Friday, October 9, 2026. The official Nikkei Indexes page showed the Nikkei 225’s previous close at 69,042.11, down 1.42%, or 993.60 points, on October 8. [1] The official historical-data table also records October 8’s open at 69,840.64, high at 69,918.20, low at 69,042.11 and close at 69,042.11. [2] On October 9, Taiwan’s main exchange and Taipei Exchange were scheduled to remain closed for the National Day holiday period, while South Korea observed Hangeul Day. Japan’s exchange calendar listed October 9 as a trading day and October 12 as the next JPX market holiday. [3] [4] [5]
That distinction matters for anyone reading an Asia market wrap from India or another time zone. The Nikkei number is an October 8 close, not an October 9 closing result. The holiday information is a trading-calendar statement, not evidence that every regional index moved in the same direction.
Key points
- The Nikkei 225’s official October 8 close was 69,042.11, down 1.42% from the previous session. [1]
- Japan Exchange Group did not list October 9 as a 2026 holiday; its next listed October closure was Sports Day on October 12. [3]
- Taiwan Stock Exchange’s 2026 schedule lists October 9 as an adjusted holiday and October 10 as National Day. [4]
- Taipei Exchange lists October 9 and 10 as the adjusted-holiday and National Day dates. [5]
- South Korea’s official holiday table identifies October 9 as Hangeul Day; KRX’s guide says securities markets close on applicable holidays. [6] [7]
What happened
The most concrete market move available for this snapshot is the Nikkei 225’s October 8 close. Nikkei Indexes identifies the Nikkei Stock Average as a price-weighted index of 225 stocks from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. Its profile showed a close of 69,042.11, down 993.60 points, equivalent to a 1.42% fall. [1]
The page was retrieved on October 9, but it displayed the October 8 close. That is why this report labels the move by its actual session date. It does not claim that Japan finished lower on October 9, and it does not convert the earlier close into an intraday forecast.
The regional schedule was different. The Taiwan Stock Exchange’s official events page lists October 9 as an adjusted holiday and October 10 as National Day in its 2026 holiday schedule. [4] The Taipei Exchange, a separate venue, gives the same October 9–10 holiday pairing. [5] The practical result is that readers should not expect regular cash-equity trading on those Taiwan venues on October 9.
South Korea’s official national-holiday table lists Friday, October 9 as Hangeul Day. [6] The Korea Exchange trading guide says Korean securities markets normally operate Monday through Friday but close on applicable holidays. [7] Together, those sources support describing October 9 as a scheduled KRX holiday closure. Because the retrieved KRX document is a general trading guide rather than a dated 2026 market notice, this article does not present an independently measured KOSPI or KOSDAQ result.
Why it matters
Holiday calendars are part of market data. A missing index print can mean that an exchange was closed, not that prices were unchanged or unavailable. In this case, the Taiwan and South Korean closures mean a regional comparison built only from Friday index changes would be incomplete. Japan’s schedule, by contrast, left October 9 as a listed business day, so the absence of an October 9 close in the retrieved Nikkei profile should not be treated as proof that Tokyo was closed.
The timing also affects Indian readers. Tokyo trading hours overlap with India’s morning and early afternoon, while Seoul and Taipei operate on their own local schedules. A headline posted before all Asian sessions have completed can mix a prior-day Japanese close with holiday-status information from other markets. The safer format is to print the index date, state whether the figure is an open, intraday reading or close, and identify the exchange calendar used.
There is also a data-quality reason to avoid false precision. The official Nikkei profile supplied a clear October 8 close, but a separate historical-file extraction returned values that did not match the profile. Since the profile explicitly labels the close and provides the percentage change, this snapshot uses the profile evidence rather than combining conflicting feeds. That is a source-selection decision, not a claim about the cause of the decline.
What remains uncertain
This report does not establish the final Nikkei 225 result for October 9. The retrieved official page was still showing the previous close, and the research cutoff was 10:47 a.m. India time. A later page refresh or official daily record would be needed to report Japan’s completed October 9 session.
It also does not report October 9 KOSPI, KOSDAQ, TAIEX or Taipei Exchange index moves. Korea and Taiwan were covered through holiday schedules, so there was no regular cash-market close to compare in the ordinary way. Derivatives, offshore instruments and other products can follow different calendars; those are outside this bounded snapshot.
Finally, no causal explanation is assigned to the Nikkei’s October 8 fall. A market move can reflect many overlapping factors, and the sources retrieved for this item establish the index value and calendars rather than a verified single trigger. Older global-market commentary may provide context, but it is not evidence of an October 8 Japan-specific cause.
What happens next
The next scheduled JPX holiday listed by Japan Exchange Group is Sports Day on Monday, October 12, 2026. [3] Taiwan’s schedule moves beyond the October 9–10 National Day period, while the Korean holiday source identifies the next listed national holiday as Christmas on December 25. [4] [6] Trading calendars can be amended, so release-time checks should use the exchanges’ latest pages.
For a complete follow-up, the next reporting pass should capture the official Nikkei October 9 close, confirm the dated KRX schedule or market-status notice, and state whether any derivatives or alternative venues traded during the holiday. It should keep the same date discipline: October 8 close, October 9 schedule, and October 12 JPX holiday should not be collapsed into one “Asian markets fell” claim.
Background: how to read an exchange holiday
An exchange holiday is a venue-specific no-regular-trading date. It is not necessarily a holiday for every financial product, and it does not erase the previous session’s final price. Official calendars also use labels such as “adjusted holiday” when a national celebration and a substitute day are arranged across a weekend. Taiwan’s October 9 and 10 entries illustrate that convention. [4] [5]
For readers comparing markets across time zones, three checks are essential: the local session date, the instrument and venue, and whether the displayed number is a close or a live value. Applying those checks here produces a limited but reliable result: the Nikkei’s verified move belongs to October 8, Japan was scheduled to trade on October 9, and Korea and Taiwan had documented holiday closures.
