Table 3

Normality test (Jarque–Bera test of closing prices)

 NIFTY50S&P 500STI SingaporeHang SengNikkei 225FTSE 100Shanghai Co
2008–2019 
JB statistic2E+02***2E+02***3E+03***4E+01***3E+02***1E+02***1E+03***
p-value2E−399E−420E+002E−102E−573E−331E−244
Skewness3E−013E−01−2E+00−2E−011E−01−5E−011E+00
Kurtosis2E+002E+007E+003E+002E+003E+005E+00
Jan 2008–Dec 2011
JB statistic1E+02***6E+01***2E+02***1E+02***1E+02***9E+01***1E+03***
p-value1E−311E−131E−502E−265E−313E−212E−240
Skewness−9E−01−5E−01−1E+00−8E−019E−01−7E−011E+00
Kurtosis3E+002E+003E+003E+003E+003E+007E+00
Dec 2011–Dec 2015
JB statistic1E+02***9E+01***4E+01***4E+01***5E+01***8E+01***6E+02***
p-value1E−221E−201E−082E−084E−121E−182E−124
Skewness3E−01−2E−01−4E−014E−01−5E−02−6E−012E+00
Kurtosis2E+002E+003E+004E+002E+002E+005E+00
Dec 2015–Dec 2019
JB statistic7E+01***6E+01***3E+01***4E+01***7E+01***2E+02***1E+01***
p-value8E−165E−141E−076E−105E−164E−472E−03
Skewness−4E−01−2E−01−3E−01−3E−01−5E−01−1E+00−1E−01
Kurtosis2E+002E+002E+002E+002E+003E+003E+00
(JarqueBera test of VAR Model Residuals) 2008–2019
JB statistic7E+03***2E+03***2E+03***9E+03***2E+04***7E+02***5E+03***
p-value0.000.000.000.000.003E−1720.00
Skewness−3E−02−6E−01−2E−01−3E−01−9E−01−2E−01−4E−01
Kurtosis1E+017E+007E+001E+012E+015E+009E+00

Note(s): * means significant at the 10% level, ** means significant at the 5% level and *** means significant at the 1% level

Source(s): Own elaboration

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