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Table 1 Descriptive and statistical properties of returns series

From: Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the US equity sectors: Evidence from quantile return spillovers

Sectors

Symbols

Mean

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

J-B

ADF

KPSS

Energy

EN

0.000

1.756

− 0.839

20.118

61,100.8***

− 76.96***

0.413

Financials

FIN

0.003

1.910

− 0.227

20.774

65,295.1***

− 33.44***

0.112

Industrials

IND

0.020

1.352

− 0.447

12.070

17,157.8***

− 74.73***

0.063

Utilities

UTL

0.015

1.236

− 0.043

18.492

49,573.0***

− 76.96***

0.093

Consumer Services

CS

0.023

0.906

− 0.168

16.750

39,074.5***

− 79.44***

0.060

Healthcare

HC

0.023

1.102

− 0.215

12.971

20,571.3***

− 76.39***

0.279

Information Technology

IT

0.037

1.507

− 0.109

11.008

13,253.9***

− 78.47***

0.331

Materials

MAT

0.023

1.520

− 0.434

11.449

14,900.7***

− 74.60***

0.024

Consumer Discretionary

CD

0.035

1.336

− 0.281

12.339

18,077.1***

− 74.47***

0.187

Real estate

RE

0.018

1.942

− 0.201

22.388

77,672.1***

− 85.47***

0.042

Overall stock market index

MKT

0.023

1.220

− 0.447

15.930

34,695.5***

− 80.16***

0.135

  1. J–B stands for Jarque–Bera test of normality. ADF and KPSS test unit root and stationarity, respectively
  2. ***Indicates rejection of null hypothesis of normality and unit root at 1% level of significance