Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market

The objective of the paper is to ascertain the influence of shares derivatives trading on the Malaysian stock market. Johansen-Juselius’ co-integration test reveals signs of increasing integration between these cash and futures markets over time. The Granger causality test indicates that the stock i...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Junaina, Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin, Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/1/28373.pdf
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author Muhammad, Junaina
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Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
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description The objective of the paper is to ascertain the influence of shares derivatives trading on the Malaysian stock market. Johansen-Juselius’ co-integration test reveals signs of increasing integration between these cash and futures markets over time. The Granger causality test indicates that the stock index futures Granger causes the cash index with no feedback in the reverse direction during periods of financial crisis and recovery. Significantly observable during the period was high participation of foreign investors in the futures market. The increase in the number of foreign investors in the futures market dramatically increases the herding activities in futures market trading. The findings suggest that the transmission of information from the futures market to the cash market could, to a certain extent, during a period of “bad economy”, be due to herding by foreign investors.
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spelling upm-283732015-09-21T02:42:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/ Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market Muhammad, Junaina Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin Yahya, Mohamed Hisham The objective of the paper is to ascertain the influence of shares derivatives trading on the Malaysian stock market. Johansen-Juselius’ co-integration test reveals signs of increasing integration between these cash and futures markets over time. The Granger causality test indicates that the stock index futures Granger causes the cash index with no feedback in the reverse direction during periods of financial crisis and recovery. Significantly observable during the period was high participation of foreign investors in the futures market. The increase in the number of foreign investors in the futures market dramatically increases the herding activities in futures market trading. The findings suggest that the transmission of information from the futures market to the cash market could, to a certain extent, during a period of “bad economy”, be due to herding by foreign investors. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/1/28373.pdf Muhammad, Junaina and Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin and Yahya, Mohamed Hisham (2013) Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 21 (spec. Oct.). pp. 57-70. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2021%20%28S%29%20Oct.%202013/04%20Page%2057-70.pdf
spellingShingle Muhammad, Junaina
Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin
Yahya, Mohamed Hisham
Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title_full Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title_fullStr Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title_full_unstemmed Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title_short Derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
title_sort derivatives trading and volatility spill-over: evidence from a developing derivatives market
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28373/1/28373.pdf