Independence Day falls on Saturday this year, meaning that U.S. financial markets will be closed on Friday. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will be shuttered at the conclusion of regular trade Thursday, while the bond market will close an hour early, at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, and will remain closed over the Fourth of July holiday, per the recommendation of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, a brokerage-industry trade group that sets procedures for trading in bonds like the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.673%. Trading for U.S. oil CL.1, -1.43% on the New York Mercantile ... (full story)