The study tests the reaction of Bahrain Bourse to 2014 annual financial results announcement. The study is based on 30 companies. The researcher used event study methodology. The behaviour of average abnormal returns (AARs) and cumulative average abnormal returns (CAARs) are examined for 30 days...

The high-frequency market reaction to intraday stock-specific news flow is examined over the period January 2000 to November 2011. Data on novelty, relevance, and direction of company-specific news for the ASX50 leading Australian stocks is garnered from the Ravenpack news analytics tool....

We investigate the relationship between the daily release of COVID-19 related announcements, defensive government interventions, and stock market volatility, drawing upon an extended time period of one year, to independently test, confirm and iteratively improve on previous research findings. We...

This paper tests the hypothesis that an anticipated information event affects the use of trading venues. Data from the Helsinki Stock Exchange are used where an upstairs market co-exists with a downstairs market. Trades are classified also as in-house trades and externalized trades. This paper...

Cryptocurrency markets operate at a global scale and are lightly regulated compared to traditional securities markets. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin trade across multiple secondary markets that differ significantly in term of liquidity, governance and trust. This study explores 327 exchange...

We provide evidence that recent losses amplify order book illiquidity shocks caused by non-scheduled news. Moreover, the faster markets' reaction to scheduled and non-scheduled news arrivals is in terms of order book illiquidity, the more illiquid the order book becomes; that is, a fast reaction...

This research aim is to prove there a change in abnormal returns around the announcement date of the cum date dividend date and price changes around the announcement date. The population studied is the company announced a dividend for the period 2007-2012, consists of 15 companies that...

The purpose of this study is to find out the impact of political general elections of Pakistan on KSE-100 index. We employed Event study methodology on closing prices of KSE-100 index over the time period January, 1998 to May, 2013. During our sample period, 3 events of political general...

Literature suggests that dividend has no impact on shareholders value in the absence of taxes and market imperfections. Hence, companies invest excess funds in positive net present value projects instead of paying out as dividends. Literature also suggests that market valuation of stocks depends...

This paper examines the reaction of investors to the arrival of unexpected information on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The empirical results suggest that the investor reaction following unexpected news on the ISE100 is consistent with Overreaction Hypothesis especially after unfavorable market...