Document

Trading volume and stock returns volatility: evidence from industrial firms of Oman.

Identifier
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v11n24p139
Contributors
Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education.
Gregorian
2015-08
Language
English
English abstract
This study analyzes the relationship between trading volume and stock return volatility for industrial firms listed on Muscat securities market. Several tests were utilized to include: Brailsford model, vector autoregressive model (VAR), and the pairwise Granger causality test. The empirical results provide evidence of a significant positive effect for return volatility on trading volume. Likewise, the VAR model provides evidence of a significant positive effect of trading volume on stock returns. On the other hand, the pairwise Granger causality test reveals that trading volume Granger-cause stock return. The previous findings are inconsistent with the weak-form of the efficient market hypothesis.
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ISSN
1911-2017
Category
Journal articles