This research unearths the jolts in oil prices that has effect on the actual stock returns in Nigeria over 2001-2011 using multivariate regression models. Variables ranging from altering oil prices, changes in stock returns, changes in exchange rates and altering world market index were...

The Theory demonstrates that oil price and oil volatility (OVX) are significant determinants of economic activity; however, studies seldom consider both variables in the oil-exchange rate nexus and ignore the distributional heterogeneity of the exchange rate. We investigate their joint effect...