Download or read book Price Discovery in Indian Stock Index Futures Market written by Sarveshwar Inani and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to revisit price discovery process in Indian stock market for spot and futures of S&P CNX Nifty, by using high-frequency data to gain fresh insights. The sample consists of high-frequency data for the period from January 2014 to August 2015. Stationarity and cointegration test results reveal that spot and futures prices are I(1) and cointegrated. Three different econometric methodologies - component share method of (Gonzalo and Granger, 1995), information share method of (Hasbrouck, 1995), and modified information share of (Lien and Shrestha, 2009) - have been employed to determine the extent of price discovery contribution by spot and futures markets. The results reveal that futures market is performing its price discovery function. These results support the notion that futures market in more efficient vis-à-vis spot market in India. Price discovery is a main function of futures market and has implications for asset pricing, portfolio allocation, investment strategy formation, and market efficiency. This study might be helpful for regulators and policymakers to form market structure policies and guidelines for equity markets.