COVID–19’s Impact on Stock Prices Across Different Sectors—An Event Study Based on the Chinese Stock Market

ABSTRACT

In this article, we use an event study approach to empirically study the market performance and response trends of Chinese industries to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that transportation, mining, electricity & heating, and environment industries have been adversely impacted by the pandemic. However, manufacturing, information technology, education and health-care industries have been resilient to the pandemic.