Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli

The study has been conducted to determine whether the macroeconomic variables give impact towards stock market returns in Malaysia from 2007 to 2018 which contains quarterly data set of 47 observation. The trend for FTSE KLCI has been fluctuated since Global Financial Crisis 2008. The primary object...

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Main Author: Rosli, Nur Syuhadah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25958/
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description The study has been conducted to determine whether the macroeconomic variables give impact towards stock market returns in Malaysia from 2007 to 2018 which contains quarterly data set of 47 observation. The trend for FTSE KLCI has been fluctuated since Global Financial Crisis 2008. The primary objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic variables which are interest rate (INT), inflation rate (INF), exchange rate (EXC) , Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and crude oil price (COP) towards stock market returns. The study employed Unit Root Test, Multiple Linear Regression, descriptive analysis, diagnostic test and multicollinearity test. In conclusion, according to the result that use normal logarithm to convert all the raw data form, by using multiple regression method it reveals that INT, EXC, COP and GDP have significant relationship with the stock market return in Malaysia.
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spelling uitm-259582019-10-25T02:12:18Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25958/ Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli Rosli, Nur Syuhadah Macroeconomics Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities Kuala Lumpur. KLSE The study has been conducted to determine whether the macroeconomic variables give impact towards stock market returns in Malaysia from 2007 to 2018 which contains quarterly data set of 47 observation. The trend for FTSE KLCI has been fluctuated since Global Financial Crisis 2008. The primary objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic variables which are interest rate (INT), inflation rate (INF), exchange rate (EXC) , Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and crude oil price (COP) towards stock market returns. The study employed Unit Root Test, Multiple Linear Regression, descriptive analysis, diagnostic test and multicollinearity test. In conclusion, according to the result that use normal logarithm to convert all the raw data form, by using multiple regression method it reveals that INT, EXC, COP and GDP have significant relationship with the stock market return in Malaysia. Faculty of Business and Management 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25958/1/PPb_NUR%20SYUHADAH%20ROSLI%20%20BM%20M%2019_5.pdf Rosli, Nur Syuhadah (2019) Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli. (2019) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/25958.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Macroeconomics
Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities
Kuala Lumpur. KLSE
Rosli, Nur Syuhadah
Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title_full Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title_fullStr Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title_full_unstemmed Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title_short Macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in Malaysia: evidence from FTSE KLCI / Nur Syuhadah Rosli
title_sort macroeconomic determinants of stock market returns in malaysia: evidence from ftse klci / nur syuhadah rosli
topic Macroeconomics
Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities
Kuala Lumpur. KLSE
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25958/