Abstract
This paper examines whether the Weekend effect anomaly documented in the extant literature
exists in the Australian Financial Exchange (ASX). Daily data from January 1994 to
September 2018 documents a strong Weekend effect in equal-weighted index and small firms
before the Global Financial Crises (GFC). That is, as the size of the business increases the
Weekend effect starts to dissipate due to significantly negative Monday returns for
small-capitalized firms and significantly positive Monday returns for large-capitalized firms.
On the other hand, during and after the GFC period, from January 2008 to September 2018,
this study finds strong Weekend effect in large capitalized stocks and weakly significant effect
in small capitalized stocks. Hence, the evidence suggests that Weekend effect still persist for
Australian securities, but have shifted from smaller stocks to larger stocks. Moreover, this
study finds absence of Weekend effect in equal- and value-weighted indices in the 10-year
recent data. Therefore, investing in stock index futures contracts would not yield better returns
due to diminishing of Weekend effect anomaly in indices
Saqib Sharif. (2019) Impact of firm size on the Weekend effect: The Australian Stock Exchange evidence, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-17, Issue-1.
-
Views
710 -
Downloads
71
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
