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The Day of the Week Effect in the Pakistani Equity Market: An Investigation

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This paper investigates the day of the week effect in the Pakistani equity market. Using daily data on eight sector indices as well as the general market index from January 1989 to December 1993, the analysis did not find, in general, significant differences in stock returns across trading days in the market. An overtime analysis indicates the presence of this anomaly in the period before the market was opened to international investors which disappeared in the later periods.

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  • Husain, Fazal, 2000. "The Day of the Week Effect in the Pakistani Equity Market: An Investigation," MPRA Paper 5268, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Day Effect; Pakistan; Seasonality; Equity Market; Efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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