Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Stock Market Performance: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

The first case of Novel Coronavirus was reported on December, 2019 in China. It started spreading across the world and this disease was declared as pandemic on 11 March, 2020 by WHO. Most of the nations imposed lockdown to curb the situation that lead to economic slowdown and unemployment. Covid-19 pandemic has also affected the stock market all over the world. Many researches have been conducted to determine the impact of covid-19 pandemic on the stock market performance from F.Y. 2020 to F.Y. 2022. This study aims at conducting a bibliometric analysis of the publications index on the web of science on this topic to find out the extent to which the researches have been conducted on the same. 419 articles were found on the related theme in 90 journals. 70 countries have till yet conducted the research on this theme.