ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC FORCES AND ABNORMAL STOCK RETURN: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Financial markets plays a vital role in the Jordanian economy organizes its operations in a changing environment, which is working on the transfer of local resources through productive channels next to foreign investment. The goal of this study is to analysis the relationship between economic variables and abnormal returns in Amman stock exchange. This paper used the data of variables such as 50 industrial firms with the period from 2004 to 2012. The results indicate that the, consumer price index, gross fixed capital formation and money supply on index abnormal stock returns is statistically significant and no significant industrial production index and money market interest rate Index and Abnormal returns. The researcher recommends attention to economic variables of the fiscal and monetary policy in the Jordanian economy, which is characterized as a fast-growing so that must be the continuous analysis of market factors and determine the impact on abnormal returns for the shares of companies which strengthens the competitive position of companies in the market.