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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Stock returns predictability and the adaptive market hypothesis in emerging markets: evidence from India

Sample period

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

S.D

Skewness

Kurtosis

Jaqua-Bera

Sensex

Full sample

0.000553

-0.136

0.159

0.017

-0.042

5.893

7780.03

Jan 1991 – Dec 1993

0.001988

-0.136

0.123

0.024

-0.047

4.624

541.93

Jan 1994 - Dec 1996

-0.000116

-0.046

0.056

0.014

0.454

1.229

68.16

Jan 1997 – Dec 1999

0.000656

-0.086

0.073

0.018

-0.086

2.091

135.45

Jan 2000 – Dec 2002

-0.000525

-0.074

0.071

0.017

-0.338

2.165

160.65

Jan 2003 – Dec 2005

0.001348

-0.118

0.079

0.013

-1.139

11.120

4075.26

Jan 2006 – Dec 2008

0.000035

-0.116

0.079

0.021

-0.344

2.584

222.00

Jan 2009 – Dec 2011

0.000635

-0.075

0.159

0.016

1.291

14.567

6766.81

Jan 2012- Mar 2013

0.000699

-0.027

0.026

0.009

0.077

0.580

5.014

Nifty

Full sample

0.00035

-0.130

0.163

0.0162

-0.122

6.428

8262.46

Jan 1994 - Dec 1996

-0.0002

-0.043

0.054

0.0139

0.498

1.456

92.78

Jan 1997 – Dec 1999

0.0006

-0.088

0.099

0.0098

0.009

3.680

422.17

Jan 2000 – Dec 2002

-0.0004

-0.072

0.072

0.0160

-0.244

2.652

227.11

Jan 2003 – Dec 2005

0.0012

-0.130

0.079

0.0139

-1.407

12.870

5488.81

Jan 2006 – Dec 2008

0.0001

-0.130

0.067

0.0209

-0.530

3.298

372.82

Jan 2009 – Dec 2011

0.0006

-0.063

0.163

0.0156

1.403

15.912

8078.16

Jan 2012 – Mar 2013

0.0007

-0.027

0.027

0.0091

0.079

0.643

6.09