“…A similar conclusion is found by Do et al (2015), who also emphasize that it is important to account for the volatility spillover information transmission especially during turbulent periods. Further, significant directional spillovers are identified between the forex and stock markets in several studies targeting developed and emerging markets (Do et al, 2016;Andreou et al, 2013;Kumar, 2013;Kanas, 2001) or specific countries or regions including the U.S. (Ito and Yamada, 2015), Japan (Jayasinghe and Tsui, 2008), China (Zhao, 2010), the Middle East, and North Africa (Arfaoui and Ben Rejeb, 2015).…”