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Testing weak form efficiency of the Egyptian and Saudi stock markets

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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This research examines the weak-form efficiency in the Egyptian (ESE) and Saudi (SSE) Stock Markets. A set of parametric and non-parametric tests detect linear serial dependence in the two markets. We test the data for daily, weekly, and monthly data between January 1, 2000, and February 28, 2023, of two composite indices (EGX30 for ESE and TASI for SSE). Normality is tested using Skewness, Kurtosis, Jarque-Bera, Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K.S.) and Studentized Range tests, whereas random walk is tested using the non-parametric Runs test. Stationarity is tested using Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), Phillips-Perron (P.P.) and KPSS tests. The empirical results indicate that the two stock market returns are abnormal. It doesn't behave randomly under the Runs test based on daily frequencies but randomly based on a monthly frequency. The two stock market returns are stationary.

DOI

10.21608/cfdj.2024.328568

Keywords

Egyptian stock market, Saudi stock market, Efficient market hypothesis, Randomness, Unit root

Authors

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Rezk Al-Sayed

Last Name

Al-wazier

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كلية التجارة جامعة المنصورة

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rezkalwazier@hotmail.com

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المنصورة

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26401191202573

Volume

5

Article Issue

1

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44180

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-12-03

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2024-01-01

Page Start

893

Page End

915

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2682-3403

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2682-4531

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https://cfdj.journals.ekb.eg/article_328568.html

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المجلة العلمية للدراسات والبحوث المالية والتجارية

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https://cfdj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Testing weak form efficiency of the Egyptian and Saudi stock markets

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25 Dec 2024