JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened higher 0.75% at 4620 this morning while regional markets were mixed.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.78% this early morning trade, shrugged off slower-than-expected exports data to rise early Wednesday, while the rest of the region posted a tepid open following a lackluster lead from Wall Street, Cnbc.com reported.
Nymex’s crude oil fell 0.7% to US$45.96 per barrel in Asian trading this morning and gold inched down 0.01% to US$1,177.50 per ounce.
The stock market sentiment will today be also affected by some economic data to be released this week such as US markit manufacturing PMI, Europe zone markit manufacturing PMI, and ECB rate policy. Investors also wait the prospect of BI rate policy.
Astra Agro jumped 3.5%, Adaro Energy gained 2.24%, XL Axiata rose 2.34%, Jababeka hiked 2.3%, London Sumatra lifted 3.68%, and Bukit Asam climbed 2%.