Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on Non-financial firms Stock Returns: Evidence from Sectorial Study of KSE-100 Index

Isma Zaighum
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Isma Zaighum: Faculty of Management Science, IQRA University Karachi.

Journal of Management Sciences, 2014, vol. 1, issue 1, 35-48

Abstract: This paper attempts to study the impact of pre-specified set of macroeconomic factors on firm's stock returns for nine non-financial sectors listed in Karachi Stock Exchange. The macroeconomic factors included are consumer price index, industrial production index, market returns, risk free return and money supply. The studied sample covers data from 2001 to 2011. Panel analysis using pooled OLS shows that all studied sectors firm's stock returns have negative relationship with consumer price index, money supply and risk free rate, whereas industrial production index and market returns indicates a positive relationship. The results of this study have important implications for the equity investors and policy makers.

Keywords: Macroeconomic factors; stock returns; regression analysis; KSE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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