04/12/2025
Finance India September 2025 Issue Vol. 39 No. 3 Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation Effects of Weather Factors on Indian Stock Market by Chinnadurai KathiravanA psychological state, the mood, feelings, emotion and sentiment, are known to play an important role in people's decision making and judgment. Besides, the weather has a significantinfluence on the people's mood and sentiment, and in turn, people's decision and behavior, are affected due to the weather effect. More to this, the literature of market anomaly has suggested that weather factors affect individuals' mood and sentiment and in turn influence investors' rational decision makings. Behavioural finance also argues that market anomalies can be explained by assuming investors are not always fully rational. Moreover, there are links between weather factors and stock prices via human mood. The study employed the secondary daily data of weather factors in five sample cities and two stock indices in India from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2019.