JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) fell 1.27% to 4,627 this morning opening along with regional markets’ falls.
On Thursday (August 15), U.S. stocks had the biggest one-day percentage drop since late June in higher-than-average trading volume after poor results and outlooks from Dow components Wal-Mart and Cisco, Reuteres reported.
Nymex’s crude oil inched down 0.07% to US$107.25 per barrel in Asian trading this morning.
In Jakarta bourse, blue chip stocks led market’s correction. Astra International declined 0.8%, Adaro Energy lost 1.27%, Alam Sutera fell 1.23%, Bank Rakyat Indonesia dropped 3.6%, Bank Negara Indonesia and Bank Mandiri shed 2.9% each, Bumi Serpong Damai slided 2.4%, Kalbe Farma down 0.68%, and Telkom retreated 0.84%.