Did the Islamic Stock Index Provide Shelter for Investors during the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence from an Emerging Stock Market

Kashif Ali, Muhammad Ashfaque, Adil Saleem, Judit Bárczi and Judit Sági
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Kashif Ali: Kingston Business School, Kingston University, London KT2 7LB, UK
Muhammad Ashfaque: Department of Management Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Adil Saleem: Doctoral School of Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
Judit Bárczi: Doctoral School of Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
Judit Sági: Faculty of Finance and Accountancy, Budapest Business School, University of Applied Sciences, H-1149 Budapest, Hungary

Risks, 2022, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: The economic and financial chaos caused by COVID-19 has been a discussion topic since the beginning of 2020. This study intends to provide a parallel comparison of volatility change and external shock persistence of the Islamic and conventional stock indexes of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. The daily stock index was extracted from Eikon Thomson Reuters for the conventional and Islamic stock index from Jan 2018 to April 2021, which was further divided in three periods, i.e., full, pre-, and post-pandemic period. The data have been analyzed using generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH). An optimally parameterized GARCH (1,1) model is used to measure volatility change for both the pre- to post-pandemic periods. The results suggest that the magnitude of risk in a conventional index is significantly higher than that of the Islamic stock index for the period of study. However, the level of COVID shock persistence is longer in the KSE (conventional) index compared to the KMI (Islamic) index.

Keywords: emerging market; Islamic stocks; COVID-19; risk and volatility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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