Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43206 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 2009/31
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
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
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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