Impact of public announcements on stock prices: relation between values of stock prices and the price changes in Lithuanian stock market

The previous studies have shown that there is a relation between values of stock prices and the price changes caused by public announcements. Thus the aim of this paper is to examine if the respective relation can be observed in Lithuanian stock market and how this relation is affected by different categories and types of announcements. The research covers public announcements issued by companies listed in Vilnius Stock Exchange. Simplified version of event study methodology was used in this paper and average absolute and abnormal returns were computed. Most of the results in this paper are consistent with the previous studies and a negative correlation between the values of stock prices and the price changes caused by public announcements was estimated. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.