“…Existing studies present different results; some find that there is no significant effect of oil price shocks on stock prices [Cong et al 2008;Hammoudeh, Choi 2006;Mohanty, Nandha, Bota 2010;Maghyereh 2004;Sari, Soytas 2006], others find a significant positive impact of oil prices on stock prices [Narayan, Narayan 2010;Nguyen, Bhatti 2012;Broadstock, Cao, Zhang 2012;Mohanty et al 2011], while still others find a significant negative effect [Aloui, Jammazi 2009;Park, Ratti 2008;Cifarelli, Paladino 2010]. Hence, the evidence from the existing literature on the significance and sign of the impact of oil price changes on stock prices is still inconclusive.…”