Empirical Analysis Of Covid-19 On Brics Nations And Their Impact Positive/Negative On Stock Market Indices

Abstract

The coronavirus is a novel disease affected across the world. The symptoms are cold and fever. It was invented in December 2019 by
China and is denoted as Covid-19 by World Health Organization (WHO). This disease affected not only humans but also influenced
the stock market and an economic crisis across the world. About 3% effect on the global economy, it was comparatively higher than
2008-09. 1.2% and 2.8% were affected by middle Asia and the middle east during 2019-20. The oil export and import countries were
affected by about 4.2% and 0.7% (IMF, 2020).
The stock market is one of the barometers for Post Covid-19 status measurement. The study aims to analyze the infected cases,
investigate the stock market indices in BRICS Nations, and find the relations between infected situations and the stock market of
BRICS Nations. This study uses secondary data from the official websites of the World Health Organization, Dashboard from
January 2021-June 2022. Using Multi Regression analysis in the five nations were infected and death cases and stock market indices.
This study will be helpful in the present situation, and investors will decide to diversify funds in the profitable sector to accelerate
their wealth.