SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities [SICASH]

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SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities is organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), the annual research multi-conference of the faculty.

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    Predictive Model for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) using Volatility Analysis Approach
    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2025-10-10) Musharraff, N. I.; Fernando, W. S. C.; Godage, T. R.; Jayasooriya, J. M. T. S.; Siriwardhana, H. A. A. T. P.; Samasundara, T. A.; Guruge, M. L.; Peiris, T. S. G.
    The S&P 500 (Standard & poor’s 500) is one of the most widely followed equity indices in the world. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is used to track the performance of the S&P 500 index as closely as possible and can also be traded in the stock exchanges. Not many studies have been carried out to forecast daily closing prices of SPY for recent years. This study presents a time series analysis and forecasting of the daily closing prices of the SPY index. The dataset extends from 2000 to 2025, capturing key financial events, market movements and long-term growth trends. Due to high volatility, we were forced to consider variance equation in additional to the mean equation and the best fitted model identifies is ARIMA (1,1,1) + GARCH (1,1).ARIMA