The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Index financial networks: a case of US-China trade war

Surantharan, Sarmita and Abdullah, Mimi Hafizah and Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf and Omar, Mawardi and Bahaludin, Hafizah (2024) The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Index financial networks: a case of US-China trade war. In: 29th National Symposium on Mathematical Sciences, 7th - 8th September 2022, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia (Virtual Conference).

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Abstract

The United States and China are strong trading partners of Malaysia, with about 23% of total exports in 2017. Therefore, the trade war pressures since 2018 between the United States and China have affected the Malaysian economy. Thus, this paper aims to analyse the effects of the war on the Malaysian stock market using a threshold network approach. Then, the networks examine the changes of important stocks before, during and after the trade war in which the periods are taken from 16th March 2017 until 31st May 2021. The important stocks are determined by four standard centrality approaches, namely degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, and eigenvector centrality. This paper uses 240 companies of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Emas Index to create the Malaysian stock market networks. The results show that Dagang Nexchange Berhad and Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad have higher connectivity with other stocks during the turmoil period and after the turmoil period respectively. Besides, Dagang Nexchange Berhad acts as the most important stock according to all centrality measures. The findings of this study give an insight to the government regulators and investors with information regarding the current topological structure of Malaysia's stock market.

Item Type:	Proceeding Paper (Other)
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences
Depositing User:	Hafizah Bahaludin
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2024 10:10
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2024 14:52
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/110337

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