JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened up 0.56% at 4502 this morning while Asian markets got off to a soggy start on Thursday as investors counted down to data on Chinese manufacturing, Reuters reported.
Nymex’s crude oil declined 0.17% to US$96.57 per barrel in Asian trading and gold fell 0.48% to US$1,232.70 per ounce.
Investor focused buying shares of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) Tbk (BBRI) after the bank reported positive earning for 2013. BBRI jumped 5.06% to Rp8825 per share.
BBRI reported net profit of Rp21.16 trillion in 2013, grew by 14.2% from 2012. Operating profit rose 16.2% to Rp65.4 trillion, of which interest income amounted Rp57.3 trillion.
Bank Negara Indonesia gained 1.18%, London Sumatra rose 1.19%, Media Nusantara Citra increased 1%, Waskita Karya hiked 1.82%, Wijaya Karya lifted 1.08%, and Bumi Resources Minerals gained 1.7%.