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Opening and Closing the Market: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Andrew Ellul ,
Hyun Song Shin  and
Ian Tonks
Andrew Ellul
Affiliation:
anellul@indiana.edu, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, 1309 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
Hyun Song Shin
Affiliation:
h.s.shin@lse.ac.uk, London School of Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, UK
Ian Tonks
Affiliation:
i.tonks@exeter.ac.uk, University of Exeter, School of Business and Economics, Xfi Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4PU, UK.
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Abstract

We investigate the performance of call markets at the open and close using a unique natural experiment provided by the London Stock Exchange where traders can choose between a call and an off-exchange dealership system. Although the call market dominates dealers in terms of price discovery, it suffers from a high failure rate to open and close trading especially when trading conditions are difficult. The call's trading costs increase with asymmetric information, slow trading, order flow imbalances, and uncertainty. Traders' resort to use of call auctions is negatively correlated with firm size, implying that the call may not be the optimal method for opening and closing trading of medium and small sized stocks.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 779 - 801
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 2005

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