Özet:

Volatility, which is one of the leading indicators of the investment atmosphere in the capital markets, affects the developing country markets significantly. Turkey, with its performance in recent years, is nominated as a member of BRICS group formed with emerging economies shaping the global economy. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effect of volatility index, accepted as international volatility indicator, on BRICS countries and Turkey stock markets. Within this context; the effect of volatility index, exchange rate, consumer confidence index and index of economic freedom on composite stock market index were analyzed by panel data analysis methods. According to the results of the analysis, it has been determined that the volatility index and exchange rate have a negative effect and the economic freedom index has a positive effect on the stock market index. No significant relationship has been found between the consumer confidence index and the stock market index.

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