“…The literature showing the relationship between monetary policy and the stock market is unclear both in direction and nature of behaviour. Bulk of the existing literature on the behavior between stock market and monetary policy assumed a linear relationship (Muktadir-Al-Mukit & Shafiullah, 2012;Chude & Chude, 2013;Handoyo, Jusoh, & Zaidi, 2015;Echekoba, Okaro, Ananwude, & Akuesodo, 2017;Echekoba et al, 2018;and Umezurike & Ananwude, 2019). Another strand of studies have shown that a comprehensive explanation of the relationship between monetary policy and stock exchange market goes beyond assuming a linear behaviour (McMillan, 2001;Sarantis, 2001;Aslanidis, Osborn, & Sensier, 2002;Cevik, Dibooglu, & Kutan, 2014;Tumala & Yaya, 2015;and Altintas & Yacouba, 2018).…”