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标题：THE IMPACT OF STOCK OPTIONS TRADING ON THE MARKET VALUE OF COMPANIES LISTED IN KUWAIT STOCk EXCHANGE
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作者：Ghada Ali TIMRAZ ; Faris Nasif AL-SHUBIRI
期刊名称：Business Excellence and Management
印刷版ISSN：2248-1354
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：3
出版社：Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
摘要：This study aims to examine the impact of stock options trading on the market value of companies listed in Kuwait Stock Exchange. The phenomenon of volatility in securities prices concerned as a threat to the companies listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange, which forced companies' managers to deal with new financial instruments particularly financial options to hedge from those risks .we will take a sample of (30) companies that deal with stock options, these companies are listed in the appendices, we have chosen these companies because of the availability of adequate information about trading on stock options from 2006 to 2011. All companies must adopt options contracts because of its significant impact on the market value of those companies through the impact on the trading volume of companies' stocks and thus changes in the demand and supply of such shares which leads ultimately to changes in the value of shares of these companies in the market. The researcher recommends using options contracts from the perspective of the investor because of its role in achieving high and guaranteed profits, when exercising the option contract whether is call or put option at a pre-determined price and thereby yielding a capital gains resulting from the difference between buying and the selling price
关键词：Kuwait Stock Exchange; Investment decisions; International financial markets