The determinants of the performance of industrials' stock prices in Malaysia / Elizabeth Philip Entawamat

This study has been conducted to determine the performance of the stock prices and its significant relationship. This study also to see the performance of industrials’ stock prices by applying the moving average. The study was conducted within Malaysia. 10 companies selected from 2 industries that is manufacturing and tourism. These two industries are the contributor to the economy with the rank of second and third. The data collected based on daily basis which is for 50-day of period. The beginning date of the data is from 11 August 2017 until 30 September 2017. The chosen of the period of time is based on the recent issue on falling Ringgit Malaysia. The selection of the companies is based on its market capitalization rank and this call as systematic samples which means only top five companies are selected from each industry. Besides market capitalization, interest rates and exchange rates are the variables that been tested for the study. After few tests have been run, the data shows there is significant relationship between the market capitalization of manufacturing and its stock prices but not for the other two. While for tourism, all variables are not significant. The performance of the industries will be analyze by referring to the stock price chart and EMA line.