Day of the Week Effect : Evidence from the Nigerian Stock Exchange

It is well documented that expected stock returns vary with the day of the week in developed stock markets as well as in emerging stock markets. The evidence of this seasonal pattern has, however, been very scanty in the case of Nigeria. The research therefore investigates the presence of the day of the week in the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The Ordinary Least Square method was used to analyze the stock returns pattern for a period ranging from 2nd January 2009 to 31st December 2015. Results obtained from the study shows that Friday returns is significantly higher than returns of other days of the week. This finding confirms the existence of the day of the week effect in the NSE daily return