JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened higher 0.2% at 4234 this morning following regional markets.
Asian equities followed Wall Street higher early Thursday, but caution remained the overall sentiment ahead of the release of key data from around the region, Cnbc.com reported.
Nymex’s crude oil rose 0.75% to US$45.43 per barrel in Asian trading this morning while gold inched down 0.04% to US$1,114.70 per ounce.
Astra Agro gained 1.24%, Bank Central Asia rose 1.43%, Charoen Pokphand hiked 2.5%, Gudang Garam climbed 1.1%, Vale Indonesia jumped 4%, Indika Energy surged 3.6%, and London Sumatra lifted 1.08%.
Today, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) is scheduled to announce the inflation data for September 2015.