An Empirical Investigation of Islamic Calendar Effect in Global Islamic Equity Indices

Nida Shah, Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi and Yasra Aslam

International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2017, vol. 9, issue 6, 57-68

Abstract: This study aims to explore the effect of Islamic Months specifically Ramadan and Zil-Haj on the stock returns and volatility of the Islamic Global Equity Indices. For the said purpose, the data on three Global Equity Islamic Indices including; Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, MSCI ACWI Islamic Index, and S&P Global BMI Shariah Index are collected from 5th Jan 2011 (1st Muharram 1432 A.H.) to 12th November 2015 (30th Muharram 1437 A.H.). Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and GARCH (1,1) regression methods are applied to analyze the impact of the Islamic months on global stock returns and volatility respectively. Empirical results reveal significant negative impact of Zil-Haj on returns and volatility of Islamic Global Equity Indices. However, no significant impact of Ramadan on returns and volatility of Islamic Global Equity Indices are revealed. These findings will be fascinating and of utmost interest amidst the researchers, investors and practitioners.

Keywords: islamic global equity indices; MSCI ACWI islamic index; dow jones islamic market world index; S&P global BMI shariah index islamic; calendar effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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