Abhyankar, A.; Copeland, L. S.; Wong, W. - In: The European Journal of Finance 5 (1999) 2, pp. 123-139
We use a data set consisting of a complete history of all transactions and quotes to examine intraday patterns in trading volume, volatility and the quoted bid-ask spread in the market for FTSE-100 index futures. We document a number of regularities in the pattern of daily returns and volatility...