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Efficient Markets Hypothesis and the Emerging Capital Market in Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Colombo Stock Exchange – A Note

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  • Sarath P. Abeysekera

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The behaviour of stock prices on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is examined with a view to determine its consistency with the weak form of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH). Runs, Autocorrelation and Cointegration tests are applied to daily, weekly and monthly CSE index data for the period of January 1991–November 1996. Results of Runs, Correlation and Cointegration tests overwhelmingly reject the serial independence hypothesis, leading to the conclusion that the behaviour of stock prices in the Colombo Stock Exchange is not consistent with the weak form of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. Tests of the‐day‐of‐the‐week‐effect, however, show that there is no evidence of such a phenomenon on the Colombo Stock Exchange stock prices. Results of the tests of the‐month‐of‐the‐year‐effect lead to the conclusion that CSE prices do not display any month‐specific behaviour.

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  • Sarath P. Abeysekera, 2001. "Efficient Markets Hypothesis and the Emerging Capital Market in Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Colombo Stock Exchange – A Note," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1‐2), pages 249-261, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jbfnac:v:28:y:2001:i:1-2:p:249-261
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00373
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