A DISCUSSION ON FACTORS AFFECTING STOCK MARKET PRICES: THE PANDEMIC VIEW

The Coronavirus Pandemic has been one of the most devastating events mankind has been through. It remain incurable for months before a vaccine was found and a sense of relief generated in the minds of human beings around the world. The Covid-19 virus as named by W.H.O. led to lockdowns observed around the world countrywide. Countries later on came out of the lockdowns but still frequent number of coronavirus cases led to imposition of lockdowns and curfews again and again of shorter intervals. The paper aimed at discussing the root cause of greatest ever downfalls observed in the stock markets around the globe ends with a conclusion that factors like increased technology, greater awareness, connectivity, sense of fear, perception, economic expectations, etc. have been the major drivers to such sudden events.