GOOD VS BAD NEWS: HOW THE ISLAMIC STOCK MARKETS RESPOND?

• Main Authors: ABDUL KARIM, BAKRI, ABDUL KARIM, SAMSUL ARIFFIN
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8655/1/BAKRI_ET_AL_14th_Malaysian_Finance_Association_Conference_2012_%28UPLOAD%29.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8655/

In this paper we examine the response asymmetries of the major Islamic stock markets of Malaysia, Indonesia, US, UK and Japan. We used daily data from January 1996 to December 2008 and simple regression. In line with previous studies, we found evidence for the presence of response asymmetries in the Islamic stock markets. To certain extent the bad news (market downturns) seems to play more important role than good news (market upturns) in influencing the Islamic markets. The findings imply that the benefits of international portfolio diversification tend to diminish during market downturns Compared to the US and UK, the Japanese is more influential in the Asian region.