2011•The Far East Journal of Psychology and BusinessRequires access

Day of the Week Effect and Stock Returns: (Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange-Pakistan)

Faryad Hussain, Muhammad Jahangir Ali, Kashif Hamid, Rana Shahid, Imdad Akash, Majid Imdad Khan

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Day of the week effect study is focused as a stock market anomaly on the equity market practices in Pakistan. The modus-operandi applicable in this research consists of daily stock prices concerned to KSE-100 Index, for the period January 2006 to December 2010. The working week for trade matters consist of five days. Study concludes that Tuesday returns are quite significant and positive. Hence it is inferred that there exists day effect in Pakistani stock market. The returns of Tuesday on an average are greater in comparison to rest of the days. The regression analysis is performed to meet the thrust of this study.

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Key concepts: Names of the days of the week, Stock exchange, Stock (firearms), Weekend effect, Equity (law), Stock market, Economics, Financial economics