This paper investigates market effects associated with China Security Index 300
(CSI 300) reconstitutions with sample period from April 2005 to Feb 2008. Several
findings are listed as followings: Firstly, cumulative abnormal returns for added
stocks increase slightly after announcements, while the returns for removed stocks
decrease significantly though reverse immediately after index reconstitutions.
Considering the whole event period, prices for deletions do not fall dramatically; it’s
consistent with asymmetric change of investors’ awareness proposed by H Chen et al
(2004). Secondly, both the results of cumulative abnormal returns and volume ratios
do not provide evidence to support price pressure hypothesis or index membership
hypothesis. We attribute those results to few funds tracking stock indices exactly with
the same components and weights as which in the underlying indices in emerging
markets, i.e., enhanced index funds are more familiar. Thirdly, the percentage of the
additions’ (or deletions’) shares held by funds is not affected obviously by CSI 300
reconstitutions. Finally, we examine index change effects due to IPO that frequently
occur in emerging markets, and find that additions witness a full reversal after the first
trading day.
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