Abstract
The stock market is influenced by various factors, including news events, economic indicators, and investor sentiment. Understanding the correlation between news and stock price movements interests market participants and researchers. In this paper, we explore the relationship between news sentiment and stock market trends using stock market indices. We employ natural language processing (NLP) techniques to classify news articles and analyze their impact on stock market indices, focusing on the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We utilize sentiment analysis and machine learning algorithms, including Random Forest, Loughran-McDonald (2014) Financial Sentiment Word Lists (Extended), and AFINN Lexicon, to predict stock market trends based on news sentiment. Our findings demonstrate that positive news sentiment has a more significant impact on stock prices than negative sentiment. The Random Forest model achieves the highest accuracy, while domain-specific lexicons provide valuable insights into financial news sentiment. However, predicting negative trends remains a challenge across all methods. Our research contributes to the growing knowledge of the relationship between news and stock prices and provides valuable insights for market participants and researchers.
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