2016
DOI: 10.21863/drishtikon/2016.7.2.014
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Impact of Stock Splits and Rights Issue Announcements on Market Price: Evidence from India

Abstract: The current paper studies the impact of two events i.e stock splits and rights issue announcement on the stock returns of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The study consists of a sample of 90 announcements for stock splits and 29 announcements for rights issue during the period 2011-2014. Market model is used to calculate the abnormal returns of securities. Positive Average Abnormal Returns were observed for the two events on the day their announcements, however they are not statistically signifi… Show more

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“…The test revealed that in terms of the effect of market reaction on right issue in growing company, it is empirically proven that that there was no significant difference in stock prices before and after the rights issue in growing company. Rohit et al (2016) did not find any significant impact from the rights issue announcement. Furthermore, in relationshio between market reaction on right issue in non-growing energy consuming companies, the t-test results showed that there were no significant differences in stock prices and trading volumes before and after the rights issue in nongrowing energy consuming companies.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 75%
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“…The test revealed that in terms of the effect of market reaction on right issue in growing company, it is empirically proven that that there was no significant difference in stock prices before and after the rights issue in growing company. Rohit et al (2016) did not find any significant impact from the rights issue announcement. Furthermore, in relationshio between market reaction on right issue in non-growing energy consuming companies, the t-test results showed that there were no significant differences in stock prices and trading volumes before and after the rights issue in nongrowing energy consuming companies.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 75%
“…Bello (2016) showed a positive and significant cumulative abnormal return (CAR) on the equity issue announcement day which also include secondary equity offerings conducted through a rights issue. However, Rohit et al (2016) did not find any significant impact from the rights issue announcement.…”
Section: Based On the Tablementioning
confidence: 70%
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“…Kendirli & Elmali (2016), and Mariko (2016), who stated that the announcement of rights issue had no effect on stock prices as indicated by no change in the average abnormal return. Rohit et al, (2016), explains that there is no impact from the announcement of the rights issue in India which indicates the Indian capital market is half-strong (semi-strong form). Wiagustini et al, (2017), concluded that there was no difference in abnormal return both before and after the announcement of the rights issue so that the Indonesian capital market was classified as semi-strong.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some investors try to increase the return (abnormal return) to get more profit. Research by Epriyeni (2014) and Rohit et al (2016), concluded that there was a difference in return around the announcement of the right issue. Therefore, the researcher developed a hypothesis, namely: H1: There is an abnormal return at the time of the announcement of the right issue, before and after the announcement of the right issue.…”
Section: Hypothesis Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%