Using machine learning to analyze the impact of coronavirus pandemic news on the stock markets in GCC countries
COVID-19 has resulted in high volatility in financial markets across the world. The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19-related news on the stock markets in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The study utilizes machine learning approaches to assess the role of COVID-19 news in stock return predictability in these markets. The results reveal that the stock markets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman were impacted by coronavirus-related news; however, this news had no impact on the stocks in Bahrain. Moreover, the results indicate that the impacted markets were influenced differently in terms of the quantities and types of news.
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Published in: Research in International Business and Finance
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101667
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Language
- English
Publisher
ElsevierPublication Year
- 2022
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This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.Institution affiliated with
- Qatar University
- College of Business and Economics - QU
- College of Engineering - QU
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- College of Science and Engineering - HBKU