US markets closed for first time since 9/11 Google was forced to cancel an event launching its new tablet, the Nexus 10 alongside Samsung, which was due to take place on Monday and said it would set a new launch date "as soon as we know more." NASDAQ is shutting the NASDAQ Stock Market and other US exchanges and markets that it owns. Its exchanges outside the US will operate as scheduled. CME Group will end trading of equity index futures and equity index options on futures market at 8.15am US central time. Companies that had been expected to announce their results today, including NRG Energy and Entergy, are rescheduling the release of their third quarter earnings reports, according to reports by AP. Drug giant Pfizer says its third quarter report and webcast has been moved from Tuesday to Thursday, while Power wholesaler NRG Energy, based in Princeton, New Jersey, has switched its planned Wednesday earnings call to Friday.