Terrorist attacks are geopolitical events that are believed to have an adverse effect on national and
international economy. These attacks have direct and indirect financial consequences. Terrorism is a
political issues nowadays, the stock exchange can be directly or indirectly affected by terrorism activity
(IMF 2005). The terrorist attacks that have occurred in the past few years around the world have raised
international awareness of the danger of terrorism and its complex repercussions on the financial markets.