Trading mechanisms, return’s volatility and efficiency in the Casablanca Stock Exchange

FERROUHI, El Mehdi and EZZAHID, Elhadj (2013): Trading mechanisms, return’s volatility and efficiency in the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Published in: Indonesian Capital Market Review , Vol. 5, No. 2 (July 2013): pp. 65-73.

Abstract

This paper studies the impact of the stock market continuity on the returns volatility and on the market efficiency in the Casablanca Stock Exchange. For the most active stocks, the trading mechanism used is the continuous market which is preceded by a call market pre-opening session. Results obtained concerning return volatility and efficiency under the two trading mechanisms show that the continuous market returns are more volatile than the call market returns and 50 percent of stocks studied show independence between variations.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Trading mechanism, microstructure, call market, continuous market, efficiency, volatility
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General > C10 - General; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G17 - Financial Forecasting and Simulation; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance > G32 - Financing Policy ; Financial Risk and Risk Management ; Capital and Ownership Structure ; Value of Firms ; Goodwill

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