JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened flat at 5186 this morning in line with regional markets.
Asian stocks stood firm and the dollar notched fresh seven-year highs against the yen on Monday after much stronger-than-expected jobs data underlined the strength of the U.S. economy, Reuters reported.
Japan’s economy shrank at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the third quarter, worse than a previous estimate of 1.6%.
Nymex’s crude oil declined 1.8% to US$65.84 per barrel in Asian trading and gold fell 1.25% to US$1,190.40 per ounce.
At Jakarta bourse, Bank Negara Indonesia fell 2%, Bumi Resources dropped 3.85%, Vale Indonesia lost 2.66%, while Global Mediacom gained 1%, Aneka Tambang rose 0.5%, and Telkom up 0.7%.