Although many papers have examined the Saudi stock market, to date none have explored the influence of religiosity on the behavior of stock prices, taking into account the dominance of individual investors. These characteristics distinguish the Saudi stock market from other mature and immature...

The present study provides evidence for the long run post-acquisition share performance of acquirer companies traded on Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) for the period of 1998 to 2017. This study employs an event study methodology, a buy-and-hold abnormal return approach (BHAR) to compute the...

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...

The study attempts to understand the influence of Brent oil price per barrel (BOP), the general index of 30 stocks in Saudi Arabia (MSCI30), the number of Covid-19 new infected cases (NIC_19), ounce gold price (OGP), and US dollar base to Iraqi Dinar exchange rate (USD_IQD) upon Iraq stock...