Research
The Relationship between Trading Volume and Stock Returns Index of Amman Stocks Exchange Analytical Study ( 2000-2014)
Introduction ordan know trading in shares since the beginning of the thirties of the twentieth century, where trading was done through the market irregularly by some brokerage firms, until issued Law No. (31) of 1976, under which was established Amman financial market as a market regulator and as a supervisor and an executive at the one (Khatib, 2006). Both the trading volume and stock prices basic rule by which describe the state of the financial market, and investors are keep it out to trace these two variables constantly and alarmingly somewhat due to the adoption of their investment decisions on them, along with the use of these two variables in assessing the performance of the financial market through the volume of information available (Karpio, et-al, 2012). Where the Sun Illustrates (2003) to understand the relationship between trading volume and stock returns in the futures markets and speculative markets is essential for traders in these markets, because the fluctuation in prices affect the volume of trading in futures contracts, as well as the rate of return to take distribution is normal. This study has received the relationship between trading volume and stock returns attention of many researchers, economists, and there are many studies that have been made in different markets in order to test the relationship between trading volume and stock returns, but these studies have been mostly applied in the development financial markets, while it did not have markets emerging among which Arabic enough research into the relationship (Al-Zubaidi and others, 2008). Therefore, this study was to look at the nature of the correlation between trading volume and stock prices in the Amman Stock Exchange.
The Impact of the Financial Activities of Amman Sock Markets on the Market Stock Value
the financial activities of Amman stock market and the market value of its prices, through identify the nature of weighted market value index and the market value prices, and the nature of the stock trading size and the market value prices beside identify the relationship between the companies numbers listed in the stock market and the market value prices during the period of 1998-2011. Securities markets get important issue in the world, because it present opportunity place to maximize the wealth by short time but it has high risk, where it needs financial knowledge and culture and economic analysis for the listed companies listed. Unless investor should get attention according to the main factors which related to the securities market and effects on the market stock value, where the activity of financial market is consider essential determinants of the stocks price , beside that securities market face for many crises which effects on its performance during decline of market sock prices. Investor needs identify of the factors in the stock market in order to avoid the risk and maximize the profit, where he should use some methods to reach the optimal decision. So this study use descriptive analysis method by implied multiple regression for the variables. The main results of this study, there is a significant positive relationship between the weighted market value index and the market value prices, and there is a significant positive relationship between the stock trading size and the market value prices beside that there is a significant positive relationship between the companies numbers listed in the stock market and the market prices value.
