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. 2021 Jan 19;42:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.101937

Table A.1.

Liquidity Change Analysis Pre-COVID and COVID Period.

Industry Groups Pre-COVID COVID COVID to pre-COVID
Aliq* Rank Aliq* Rank %change Aliq* Rank
Consumer Durables & Apparel −1.231 20 −5.221 24 324.239 1
Household & Personal Products −0.602 2 −2.256 13 275.027 2
Banks −0.794 8 −2.818 17 255.118 3
Energy −1.016 15 −3.522 21 246.757 4
Media & Entertainment −1.233 21 −4.188 23 239.640 5
Insurance −1.079 18 −3.609 22 234.425 6
Automobiles & Components −0.995 12 −3.037 19 205.148 7
Real Estate −1.003 13 −2.923 18 191.441 8
Retailing −0.792 7 −1.956 11 146.961 9
Technology Hardware & Equipmen −1.057 16 −2.597 14 145.646 10
Capital Goods −1.073 17 −2.635 16 145.480 11
Materials −1.252 23 −3.064 20 144.756 12
Utilities −0.941 10 −1.929 10 104.946 13
Diversified Financials −1.009 14 −2.008 12 98.964 14
Health Care Equipment & Servic −0.788 6 −1.529 8 94.037 15
Software & Services −0.801 9 −1.546 9 92.941 16
Transportation −0.772 5 −1.366 5 76.994 17
Commercial & Professional Serv −1.649 24 −2.621 15 58.961 18
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology −0.687 3 −1.030 4 49.979 19
Food, Beverage & Tobacco −0.964 11 −1.412 6 46.492 20
Food & Staples Retailing −0.462 1 −0.626 1 35.509 21
Consumer Services −1.211 19 −1.478 7 22.090 22
Semiconductors & Semiconductor −0.713 4 −0.841 2 17.914 23
Telecommunication Services −1.235 22 −0.879 3 −28.864 24

Notes: Following Lee et al. (2014), the liquidity ratio is calculated as follows:.

Amihudi,d=[log(1+|Ri,d|Pi,dVOi,d)]×106.

The liquidity is referred as Aliq. Pre-COVID Aliq and Pre-COVID Rank are the weekly average of Aliq and its relative rank for all the firms included in S&P500 over the period of 08/01/2012 to 29/12/2019, respectively. COVID Aliq and COVID Rank are the weekly average of Aliq and its relative rank for all the firms included in S&P500 over the period of 08/03/2020 to 20/06/2020, respectively.%Change reports the percentage change in the Aliq of COVID to pre-COVID period. The difference is calculated as COVID minus Pre-COVID. The table is sorted according to the rank of%Change in descending order. Aliq* is Aliq rescaled by 10,000.