Volatility of Stock Returns in the Stock Exchange of Thailand: The Case of Energy and Utilities Group
Keywords:
GARCH model, Stock return, SET indexAbstract
The objective of this study was to compare the models that estimate volatility of the stock returns in energy and utility groups. This study employed monthly data, closing prices beginning from last day of January 2012 to the last day of December 2016. Applying the Akaike information criterion (AIC) to select the model. The results found that the stock returns of EGCO, got AR(2) MA(2) and EGARCH (1,1), GLOW got AR(1) MA(1) and EGARCH (1,1). PTT got AR(1) MA(1) and GARCH (1,1). PTTEP got AR(3) MA(2) and GARCH-M (1,1). TOP got AR(3) MA(2) and GARCH-M (1,1). The results were different because each model was depend on the volatility of each stock return.