Kumar Vasimalla, C. Narasimham, Deekshitha , Forecasting Stock Index Data Using Hybrid Models, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 14,Issue 8, 2019, Pages 2752-2763, ISSN 1816-949x, jeasci.2019.2752.2763, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.2752.2763) Abstract: Forecasting is an important and widely popular topic in the research of system modeling. In this study, we proposed a six 2-stage hybrid prediction models, wherein Laplacian Score (LS), Multi Cluster based Feature Selection (MCFS), Correlation Based feature Selection (CBS) is used to construct Stage-1, followed by invoking Adaptive Network based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) trained by Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)(Stage-2). We tested our model with Hang Seng Index (HSI) data and TAIEX stock market transaction data from 1998-2006. The results compared with the existing models in the literature, the comparison shows that the proposed model LS+ANFIS+GA outperformed the listing models in terms of both of Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and Theil’s U statistic. Keywords: Hybrid model;Laplacian score;multi cluster;co-relation;ANFIS;Genetic algorithm;particle swarm optimization