JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) ended higher 0.94% at 5227 on Tuesday (Dec 30), last day of trading for 2014.
For the whole year of 2014, IDX gained 21.15%, ranked 4th among the global indexes, behind Shanghai (+49.72%), India (+28.52%), and Philippines (+22.76%).
IDX reached its record high at 5246 on September 8, 2014, with market capitalization growing by 22.76% to over Rp5,179 trillion by end of this year, from Rp4,219 trillion by end of 2013.
Foreign investors booked net sell of Rp15.9 billion. For this whole year, foreign investors book net buy of over Rp40.1 trillion.
CLSA Indonesia also facilitated Rp2.5 trillion of crossing transaction of shares for PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA).
Vice President Jusuf Kalla led the closing ceremony for stock trading at IDX building this evening. The market will close on Wednesday and Thursday for New Year celebration. It will resume trading on Friday (January 2), first day of trading for 2015.
Meanwhile, United States billionaire investor George Soros today met with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the President Palace, discussing about global economy outlook and the Indonesian government’s plans on building the economy.
Today Nymex’s crude oil fell 1.4% to US$52.86 per barrel while gold increased 0.57% to US$1,189.50 per ounce. The rupiah was traded flat at Rp12,436 against the US dollar.