Table 2 Descriptive statistics of index returns during the COVID-19 period.

From: Impact of COVID-19 on jump occurrence in capital markets

Indices

SSE

CAC 40

DAX 30

MIB

FTSE 100

SP500

Average

 

(China)

(France)

(Germany)

(Italy)

(UK)

(USA)

 

Mean

0.0409

0.0474

0.0482

0.0447

0.0058

0.0924

0.0466

Max

5.7114

8.3895

10.9759

8.9256

9.0535

9.3828

8.7398

Min

−7.7244

−12.2768

−12.2386

−16.9238

−10.8745

−11.9841

−12.004

Std. Dev

1.1152

1.5679

1.6004

1.7054

1.4229

1.6420

1.5090

Skewness

−0.7220

−1.0685

−0.6738

−2.3651

−0.9192

−0.6695

−1.0697

Kurtosis

9.5956

15.0683

15.7396

27.2443

14.7555

16.6458

16.5082

JB test

921.24***

3217.02***

3473.75***

12940.6***

2984.81***

3947.99***

 

ADF

−8.6653***

−7.7199***

−8.0108***

−8.0876***

−8.0102***

−7.9977***

 

ARCH LM

17.3*

124.71 ***

124.35***

87.336***

136.8***

222.22***

 
  1. JB (Jarque-Bera), ADF and ARCH LM are tests for normality, stationary and ARCH effect of index returns respectively.
  2. * and *** represent the significance at 10% and 1% level, respectively.