Day-of-The-Week Effect in Fear Gauge: Evidence from India

This study tests the presence of day-of-the-week effect with respect to the VIX (fear gauge) and its underlying market index Nifty 50 in India for a period from March 2009 to February 2016 using OLS and GARCH (1, 1) framework. Investors can use the day-of-the-week effects information to avoid and reduce the risk when investing in Indian stock market. The results report the presence of strong positive Monday effect and negative Tuesday and Thursday effects in the Volatility index of India, while in the case of Nifty Monday effect is not found but a weak positive Wednesday effect is present. In order to obtain robust results, the analysis is also presented for sub-periods.