Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39334 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2009,063
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Abstract: 
We examine intra-day market reactions to news in stock-specific sentiment disclosures. Using pre-processed data from an automated news analytics tool based on linguistic pattern recognition we extract information on the relevance as well as the direction of company-specific news. Information-implied reactions in returns, volatility as well as liquidity demand and supply are quantified by a high-frequency VAR model using 20 second intervals. Analyzing a cross-section of stocks traded at the London Stock Exchange (LSE), we find market-wide robust news-dependent responses in volatility and trading volume. However, this is only true if news items are classified as highly relevant. Liquidity supply reacts less distinctly due to a stronger influence of idiosyncratic noise. Furthermore, evidence for abnormal highfrequency returns after news in sentiments is shown.
Subjects: 
firm-specific news
news sentiment
high-frequency data
volatility
liquidity
abnormal returns
JEL: 
G14
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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