JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened up 0.39% to 5470 this morning to tracking regional markets.
U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, breaking two days of losses amid details of quantitative easing in the euro zone and anticipation of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report, Reuters reported.
Nymex’s crude oil rose 0.73% to US$51.13 per barrel in Asian trading this morning and gold increased 0.19% to US$1,198.50 per ounce.
Yesterday, foreign investors booked net sell of Rp208.2 billion, cutting its year to date’s net buy to Rp11.55 trillion. This morning, Telkom gained 2.23% and Global Mediacom rose 2.38%.