Change in Foreign Exchange Rate
Change in Foreign exchange rate is measured by employing end of month
US$/Rs exchange rate and change in value is worked out through log difference i.e
Change in foreign Exchange Rate = ln (FERt / FERt-1)
Where FER is foreign exchange rate US $/Rs
Kryzanowski and Zhang (1992), Sauer (1994) also explore the relationship
between foreign exchange rate and equity market returns.
It is hypothesized that depreciation in home currency is negatively related
to equity market returns