An Empirical Investigation of Asymmetric Volatility, Trading Volume and Risk-Return Relationship in the Indian Stock Market

The objective of this article is to investigate the volatility asymmetry, volatility-volume relationship by considering trading volume as a mixing variable, and the risk-return relationship in the Indian stock market. Daily data from January 2, 1997 to May 30, 2013 for SP provide supports to MDH but the volatility shocks are found to be highly persistent even after incorporating trading volume. The study also finds evidence of no significant relationship between risk and return. The implication of the findings may be applicable to traders, speculator as well as the financial decision makers and practitioners as the trading volume reflects the information about market expectation.