Behavior of Capital Markets (BSE) - Before and After Covid-19 Pandemic

EasyChair Preprint 7752

Abstract

Covid-19 has opened a Pandora’s box filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Its disruptive characteristics bear resemblance to the Great Depression of 1930 but in a much more grotesque fashion. Economic Analysts and Market Pundits are in a quandary as each passing day weighs on to economic activities slumping it to the bottom of an abyss, but perhaps the darkest hour is near the dawn, similarly, amidst such tumultuous times, we have a glimmer of hope for the Indian economy that emerged from a lofty fall in crude oil prices from $70 per barrel to a record multi-year low of $22 per barrel au courant the levels have increased to $40 per barrel, nonetheless, this historic fall in oil prices may turn India’s economic nightmares into a daydream.

This study is focused on the performance of S&P BSE Sensex in three scenarios, which are pre pandemic, during pandemic and post pandemic i.e., in the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively. It outlines the index’s performances month wise during the three years and also the 52 Week High and Low of each year. The study concluded that investors have been highly prudent in terms of investing in the market during unstable economy. Another conclusion is as and when the economy gained its momentum back, investors increased their capacity to invest and also the risk-taking appetite.

Keyphrases: 1 COVID-19 pandemic, 2 S&P BSE Sensex, 3 Index performance

@booklet{EasyChair:7752,
  author    = {Ujjwal Sarathe},
  title     = {Behavior of Capital Markets (BSE) - Before and After Covid-19 Pandemic},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 7752},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}