JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened lower 0.9% at 4543 this morning while Asian shares were steady after strong U.S. housing data offset concerns from a weak U.S. manufacturing report.
Foreign investors booked net sell of Rp420,8 billion on Friday last week, then year to date, they recorded net sell of Rp83,5 billion.
IDX has fallen more than 12.27% year to date, ranked 13 among the global indices, while Malaysia’s KLSE ranks 12 with 9.34% drop. China ranks first with 22.59% gain and Japan’s Nikkei is at second place with 17.58% gain year to date.
Singapore and Thailand also experience 7.49% and 5.58% drop in their composite indices for the period.
Nymex’s crude oil inched down 0.09% to US$42.37 per barrel in Asian trading this morning and gold declined 0.12% to US$1,116.80 per ounce.
This morning, Astra Agro lost 2.1%, Adaro Energy fell 1.4%, Astra International dropped 2.72%, Alam Sutera declined 2%, Bank Rakyat Indonesia shed 1.7%, Bank Negara Indonesia slashed 3.5%, Bank Mandiri fell 1.39%, and Bank Danamon dropped 3.82%.