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Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 bank notes was announced by PM Modi on 8^th Nov 2016. There were number of speculation relating to its effects on general public and different sectors of Indian economy. This paper studies the effect of demonetisation on stock prices of different sectoral indices and Nifty listed on NSE by using t test, f test and linear regression. The results revealed that Nifty, automobiles, FMCG, Financial service, media and banking and real estate were major sectors affected by demonetisation decision as they are based on cash transaction. The prices of indices of NSE were influenced by S&P 500 in medium term and long term which may be the effect of policy of US president Donald Trump who was elected as President of U.S. on 8^th November 2016.

Keywords

Demonetisation; S&P 500; Indian stock market; Linear regression; Paired t test; F test.

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