The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin

Novel coronavirus outbreak since December 2019 has infected more than 1 million people to this day. The severe impact of the coronavirus has affected the world economy including Malaysia. Some countries have implemented lockdowns to contain the virus from spreading and this affected business heavily...

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Main Author: Zainal Abidin, Nursyafiza
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spelling my-uitm-ir.605412022-07-07T06:54:09Z The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin 2021-02 Zainal Abidin, Nursyafiza Economics General works. Financial institutions Stock price indexes. Stock quotations Infectious and parasitic diseases Palm oil Novel coronavirus outbreak since December 2019 has infected more than 1 million people to this day. The severe impact of the coronavirus has affected the world economy including Malaysia. Some countries have implemented lockdowns to contain the virus from spreading and this affected business heavily especially financial market. The dependent variables used in this research is the Kuala Lumpur Financial Index. The independent variables is the number of COVID-19 daily cases, the number of COVID-19 death, the volatility index and the Brent Crude Oil Price. The pandemic has affected the whole economy as the Brent crude oil has plummet below USD40 per barrel. Therefore, this paper will include Brent Crude oil price as the variable to identify the relationship between the stock market index. Investors concern on the COVID-19 cases and death has impact on the market. This paper will focus on the impact of COVID-19 virus on the finance sector in Malaysia. This sector mobilizes savings and allocated credit, thus it has significant contribution in raising people's standard of living. The sample period used in this study is from 1 January to 31 st July 2020. 2021-02 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60541/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60541/1/60541.pdf text en public degree UiTM Cawangan Johor Faculty of Business Management Hassan, Suzana Mohamad Shafi, Roslina (Dr.) A.Latif, Ruziah
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Hassan, Suzana
Mohamad Shafi, Roslina (Dr.)
A.Latif, Ruziah
topic Economics
Economics
Economics
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Palm oil
spellingShingle Economics
Economics
Economics
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Palm oil
Zainal Abidin, Nursyafiza
The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
description Novel coronavirus outbreak since December 2019 has infected more than 1 million people to this day. The severe impact of the coronavirus has affected the world economy including Malaysia. Some countries have implemented lockdowns to contain the virus from spreading and this affected business heavily especially financial market. The dependent variables used in this research is the Kuala Lumpur Financial Index. The independent variables is the number of COVID-19 daily cases, the number of COVID-19 death, the volatility index and the Brent Crude Oil Price. The pandemic has affected the whole economy as the Brent crude oil has plummet below USD40 per barrel. Therefore, this paper will include Brent Crude oil price as the variable to identify the relationship between the stock market index. Investors concern on the COVID-19 cases and death has impact on the market. This paper will focus on the impact of COVID-19 virus on the finance sector in Malaysia. This sector mobilizes savings and allocated credit, thus it has significant contribution in raising people's standard of living. The sample period used in this study is from 1 January to 31 st July 2020.
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title The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
title_short The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
title_full The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
title_fullStr The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
title_full_unstemmed The impact of Covid-19 of the Malaysian stock market: finance sector / Nursyafiza Zainal Abidin
title_sort impact of covid-19 of the malaysian stock market: finance sector / nursyafiza zainal abidin
granting_institution UiTM Cawangan Johor
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publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60541/1/60541.pdf
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