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The document provides an analysis of the movement of stock prices of Agthia Group Stock and ADI General Index to evaluate the performance of the stock and the general index. It also tracks the changes in valuation of water business of Al Bayan Group for the purpose of acquisition by Agthia.

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Selected Topics in Finance
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Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Answer 2:.........................................................................................................................................2
Answer 3:.........................................................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction:
The stock market provides important information about the stock prices of different
companies along with accumulative movement of stock index. The objective of the document is
to provide the readers with necessary information to assess the performance of Agthia Group
Stock and the general index of ADI. The stock price movements of the Agthia stock along with
the ADI general index movement shall be tracked to assess the performance of the stock and the
general index in this document. An in-depth analysis of the movement of stock prices and the
overall stock index shall be helpful in evaluating the performance of the Agthia stock. The
changes in valuation of water business of Al Bayan Group for the purpose of acquisition by
Agthia shall also be tracked with the fluctuation in stock prices of the companies in this
document.
Answer 2:
The table below shows the daily return of Agthia and the daily return of ADI General
Index.
Agthia stock daily return:
Date Close Return of
stock
01-05-2014 5.20 -
04-05-2014 5.50 5.77%
05-05-2014 5.30 -3.64%

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06-05-2014 5.25 -0.94%
07-05-2014 5.19 -1.14%
08-05-2014 5.18 -0.19%
11-05-2014 5.20 0.39%
12-05-2014 5.20 0.00%
13-05-2014 5.30 1.92%
14-05-2014 5.30 0.00%
15-05-2014 5.45 2.83%
18-05-2014 5.45 0.00%
19-05-2014 5.35 -1.83%
20-05-2014 5.38 0.56%
21-05-2014 5.49 2.04%
22-05-2014 5.49 0.00%
25-05-2014 5.49 0.00%
26-05-2014 5.69 3.64%
27-05-2014 5.84 2.64%
28-05-2014 5.98 2.40%

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29-05-2014 6.87 14.88%
01-06-2014 6.60 -3.93%
02-06-2014 6.55 -0.76%
03-06-2014 6.50 -0.76%
04-06-2014 6.50 0.00%
05-06-2014 6.50 0.00%
08-06-2014 6.50 0.00%
09-06-2014 6.29 -3.23%
10-06-2014 6.25 -0.64%
11-06-2014 6.20 -0.80%
12-06-2014 6.15 -0.81%
15-06-2014 6.13 -0.33%
16-06-2014 6.13 0.00%
17-06-2014 6.00 -2.12%
18-06-2014 6.00 0.00%
19-06-2014 5.70 -5.00%
22-06-2014 5.90 3.51%

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23-06-2014 5.98 1.36%
24-06-2014 5.71 -4.52%
25-06-2014 5.72 0.18%
26-06-2014 5.82 1.75%
29-06-2014 5.88 1.03%
30-06-2014 5.60 -4.76%
01-07-2014 5.60 0.00%
02-07-2014 6.10 8.93%
03-07-2014 6.00 -1.64%
06-07-2014 5.85 -2.50%
07-07-2014 5.80 -0.85%
08-07-2014 5.75 -0.86%
09-07-2014 5.45 -5.22%
It is pretty clear from the above fact that the stock has experienced significant fluctuation in its
prices on a regular basis which is visible from the fluctuation in daily return. The returns have
been spread in from positives to negatives. However, the mean return of 0.15% from the above

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table over the period of 2 and half months have made it clear that the stock ire risky for the
investors (Asker, Farre-Mensa & Ljungqvist, 2014).
However, in comparison to the return in general on ADI index the stock has performed
significantly better. The mean return of ADI general index has been negative 0.09%. Thus, in
comparison to the ADI general index Agthia has performed better.
Answer 3:
As per the calculation attached in the excel sheet it is quite clear that the speculative news
about the company has certainly played a role in the adverse movement in the share prices of
Agthia. The share which closed at a price of $5.98 on 28th May, 2014 end up closing at $5.45 on
9th July, 2014. The graph below indicates the trend in share prices of the company (Gu, 2016).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
-20.00%
-15.00%
-10.00%
-5.00%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%

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References:
Asker, J., Farre-Mensa, J., & Ljungqvist, A. (2014). Corporate investment and stock market
listing: A puzzle?. The Review of Financial Studies, 28(2), 342-390.
Gu, L. (2016). Product market competition, R&D investment, and stock returns. Journal of
Financial Economics, 119(2), 441-455.