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Relationship Between Exchange Rate and Stock Market

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Pir Mehr Ali Shah

University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi

The Relationship between Stock Prices and Exchange Rate,

Evidence from Pakistan

Usman Azhar 08-arid-1606

Abid Hussain 08-arid-1608

Faisal Shahzad 08-arid-1620

Usman Fazal 08-arid-1634

MBA Finance

University Institute of Management Sciences

Dedication

We would like to dedicate this accomplishment to our beloved and caring parents, and to our teachers with the support of whom we are standing at this step of our life stairs.
Acknowledgement

All gratitude and thanks to almighty “ALLAH” the Gracious, the most Merciful and Beneficent Who gave us courage to undertake and …show more content…

The relationship between these two macroeconomic variables i.e. stock prices and exchange rates has attracted the minds of economists since they both are very important determinants of the development of a country’s economy. Volatility in exchange rate is a major cause of macroeconomic ambiguity that affects firms. After the 1970’s, the High rise in international trade and implementation of floating exchange rate establishment by many countries led to increase exchange rate volatility. Pakistani currency Rupee was linked with the British Pound Sterling before 1970s. In 1971, Pakistan linked its currency to the U.S. Dollar due to apparent economic development of USA. During the past ten years, Pakistan's foreign exchange system has been moving towards a floated and market-oriented direction. Now, Pakistan is maintaining a floating exchange rate with government-managed to some extent. Firm’s exposure to exchange rate risk increased due to under these circumstances.

In the literature we identify three types of exposure under floating exchange rate system; economic, translation and transaction. Translation and transaction exposure are accounting based and explained in terms of the book values of assets and liabilities denominate in foreign currency value. Economic exposure is the sensitivity of company value to exchange rate fluctuation. At the corporate level, changes in

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