JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened higher 0.5% at 5508 this morning following gains in regional markets.
Asian stocks followed a positive lead from Wall Street to rise on Tuesday, after comments by a Federal Reserve official fueled optimism that policy makers in the world’s largest economy will hold interest rates lower for longer, Bloomberg reported.
Nymex’s crude oil fell 0.7% to US$51.77 per barrel in Asian trading this morning and gold declined 0.46% to US$1,213 per ounce.
Bank Central Asia gained 2.47%, Bumi Resources rose 1.2%, London Sumatra hiked 2.06%, Multipolar lifted 1%, and Bumi Resources Minerals climbed 1.5%.