Research Article

Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market

Volume: 19 Number: COVID-19 Special Issue October 31, 2020
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Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Turkey stock market. For this purpose, montly realized volatilities of 23 primary sector indices traded on Borsa İstanbul are calculated for the period of June 2019 to July 2020. After analyzing realized volatility values, it is found that: (1) COVID-19 caused volatility jump for all sector indices in March 2020, when cases in Turkey appeared and increased rapidly; (2) While the most volatility jump occurred in stocks of sports companies due to COVID-19, the least volatility jump occurred in stocks of insurance firms; (3) After March 2020, realized volatility values back to normal for all sector indices and the effect of COVID-19 on Turkey stock market volatility has disappeared. This paper, showing the impact of COVID-19 on the Turkish stock market and the recent state of the markets, is believed to provides important implications for not only investors, portfolio managers, and policymakers, but also for academics in economics and finance, who are all looking to demonstrate economic and financial effects of COVID-19.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Finance

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 31, 2020

Submission Date

July 9, 2020

Acceptance Date

October 6, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 19 Number: COVID-19 Special Issue

APA
Özkan, O. (2020). Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 19(COVID-19 Special Issue), 386-397. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.766890
AMA
1.Özkan O. Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market. GAUN-JSS. 2020;19(COVID-19 Special Issue):386-397. doi:10.21547/jss.766890
Chicago
Özkan, Oktay. 2020. “Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 19 (COVID-19 Special Issue): 386-97. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.766890.
EndNote
Özkan O (October 1, 2020) Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 19 COVID-19 Special Issue 386–397.
IEEE
[1]O. Özkan, “Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market”, GAUN-JSS, vol. 19, no. COVID-19 Special Issue, pp. 386–397, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.21547/jss.766890.
ISNAD
Özkan, Oktay. “Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 19/COVID-19 Special Issue (October 1, 2020): 386-397. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.766890.
JAMA
1.Özkan O. Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market. GAUN-JSS. 2020;19:386–397.
MLA
Özkan, Oktay. “Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 19, no. COVID-19 Special Issue, Oct. 2020, pp. 386-97, doi:10.21547/jss.766890.
Vancouver
1.Oktay Özkan. Volatility Jump: The Effect of COVID-19 on Turkey Stock Market. GAUN-JSS. 2020 Oct. 1;19(COVID-19 Special Issue):386-97. doi:10.21547/jss.766890

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