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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of weekly returns

From: Industry return lead-lag relationships between the US and other major countries

Ā 

BM

CD

CS

EN

FI

HC

IN

RE

TEC

TEL

UT

Average

Mean

Canada

0.07

0.10

0.19

0.08

0.14

0.14

0.14

0.07

0.11

0.12

0.09

0.11

France

0.17

0.15

0.18

0.11

0.12

0.15

0.16

0.09

0.15

0.00

āˆ’ā€‰0.01

0.12

Germany

0.10

0.14

0.17

āˆ’ā€‰0.05

0.08

0.12

0.10

0.10

0.20

0.02

0.07

0.09

Japan

0.09

0.13

0.13

0.07

0.07

0.15

0.13

0.10

0.13

0.18

0.07

0.11

China

0.07

0.16

0.10

0.05

0.10

0.18

0.06

0.18

āˆ’ā€‰0.02

0.02

0.05

0.09

UK

0.10

0.10

0.14

0.10

0.08

0.14

0.12

0.06

0.15

0.10

0.08

0.11

US

0.13

0.15

0.16

0.10

0.14

0.18

0.16

0.13

0.17

0.08

0.07

0.13

Average

0.10

0.13

0.15

0.07

0.10

0.15

0.12

0.10

0.13

0.07

0.06

0.11

Std

Canada

3.66

2.81

2.29

3.65

2.69

4.13

3.35

2.71

4.31

2.56

2.21

3.12

France

3.21

3.52

3.07

3.86

3.61

2.99

3.45

2.75

4.41

3.19

2.78

3.35

Germany

2.95

3.86

2.96

3.25

3.24

2.37

3.07

2.77

3.82

3.71

2.56

3.14

Japan

3.23

2.83

2.92

4.10

3.50

2.59

3.06

3.99

3.73

4.20

3.33

3.41

China

4.43

4.62

4.75

3.91

3.79

3.12

3.96

4.90

1.72

2.68

3.61

3.77

UK

3.94

3.28

2.70

3.65

3.39

2.81

3.30

3.85

4.18

3.37

2.29

3.34

US

3.10

2.66

2.10

3.15

2.91

2.26

2.68

3.57

3.31

2.49

2.10

2.76

Average

3.50

3.37

2.97

3.65

3.30

2.90

3.27

3.51

3.64

3.17

2.70

3.27

Skew

Canada

āˆ’ā€‰0.58

āˆ’ā€‰1.61

āˆ’ā€‰0.30

āˆ’ā€‰1.27

āˆ’ā€‰0.49

āˆ’ā€‰1.75

āˆ’ā€‰0.52

āˆ’ā€‰2.48

āˆ’ā€‰0.81

āˆ’ā€‰0.58

āˆ’ā€‰1.01

āˆ’ā€‰1.04

France

āˆ’ā€‰0.47

0.04

0.91

āˆ’ā€‰0.15

āˆ’ā€‰0.41

āˆ’ā€‰0.28

āˆ’ā€‰1.07

āˆ’ā€‰1.41

āˆ’ā€‰0.27

āˆ’ā€‰0.38

āˆ’ā€‰1.79

āˆ’ā€‰0.48

Germany

āˆ’ā€‰0.63

3.25

7.69

āˆ’ā€‰1.17

āˆ’ā€‰0.76

āˆ’ā€‰0.51

āˆ’ā€‰0.88

āˆ’ā€‰0.60

āˆ’ā€‰0.39

āˆ’ā€‰0.12

āˆ’ā€‰0.71

0.47

Japan

āˆ’ā€‰0.09

āˆ’ā€‰0.12

āˆ’ā€‰0.06

0.13

0.20

0.02

āˆ’ā€‰0.21

0.07

āˆ’ā€‰0.03

0.79

0.31

0.09

China

0.10

0.41

1.60

0.24

0.40

0.17

0.39

0.07

āˆ’ā€‰0.49

0.13

āˆ’ā€‰0.74

0.21

UK

āˆ’ā€‰0.49

āˆ’ā€‰0.78

āˆ’ā€‰0.18

āˆ’ā€‰0.33

āˆ’ā€‰0.45

āˆ’ā€‰0.11

āˆ’ā€‰0.68

āˆ’ā€‰0.50

āˆ’ā€‰0.24

0.05

āˆ’ā€‰0.06

āˆ’ā€‰0.34

US

āˆ’ā€‰0.66

āˆ’ā€‰0.59

āˆ’ā€‰0.60

āˆ’ā€‰1.11

āˆ’ā€‰0.70

āˆ’ā€‰0.48

āˆ’ā€‰0.75

āˆ’ā€‰0.43

āˆ’ā€‰0.51

āˆ’ā€‰0.42

āˆ’ā€‰0.60

āˆ’ā€‰0.62

Kurt

Canada

7.71

29.72

5.93

17.14

8.82

27.60

6.04

33.10

10.98

9.86

12.00

15.35

France

5.79

11.86

19.65

13.10

9.07

4.78

13.82

25.91

6.89

13.42

26.16

13.68

Germany

7.42

81.84

217.5

23.00

13.29

6.65

10.40

21.27

11.84

6.72

8.66

37.14

Japan

6.40

5.45

5.63

5.51

7.18

5.01

5.18

6.90

5.41

7.43

7.77

6.17

China

10.01

14.27

24.84

11.52

13.72

22.53

10.81

14.95

38.70

15.05

13.17

17.23

UK

8.11

14.44

6.53

15.23

9.91

6.37

9.72

11.42

10.75

7.24

7.68

9.76

US

7.82

7.00

6.34

17.06

10.26

5.83

7.64

9.58

6.14

7.85

9.05

8.60

  1. This table presents the mean, standard deviation (Std), skewness (Skew), and kurtosis (Kurt) of weekly logarithmic returns of the 11 industries (Basic Materials (BM), Consumer Discretionary (CD), Consumer Staples (CS), Energy (EN), Financials (FI), Health Care (HC), Industrials (IN), Real Estate (RE), Technology (TEC), Telecommunications (TEL), and Utilities (UT)) for Canada, France, Germany, Japan, China, the UK, and the US.Ā Data cover different periods, all ending on 17/05/2021 (see Table 1). Mean and standard deviation values are in percentage