JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) ended lower 1.7% at 4530 Thursday while crude oil price touched their lowest in more than a decade.
Benchmark U.S. crude futures fell 85 cents, or 2.5%, to $33.10, the lowest price since January 2004, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, AP reported.
The contract on Thursday dropped $2, or 5.6%, to settle at $33.97 a barrel. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, fell $1.14, or 3.3%, to $33.09 a barrel in London.
Chinese stocks nosedived on Thursday, triggering the second daylong trading halt of the week and sending share markets, currencies and oil prices lower as investor jitters rippled across Asia, AP reported.
Bank Danamon dropped 7.08%, Charoen Pokphand fell 3.1%, Vale Indonesia lost 3.57%, Indocement declined 3.65%, Kalbe Farma shed 3.64%, Perusahaan Gas Negara dropped 5%, and Semen Indonesia slashed 3.5%.