JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened down 0.16% at 4457 this morning inline with regional markets. The Jakarta bourse closed yesterday (Wednesday) for public holiday.
This morning (Thursday), Asian stocks opened lower to track losses in the U.S. with oil near a six-year low and a resurgent yen weighing on Japanese index futures, Bloomberg reported.
Nymex’s crude oil rose 0.75% to US$37.44 per barrel in Asian trading this morning while gold declined 0.31% to US$1,073.20 per ounce.
Astra Agro declined 1.15%, AKR Corporindo dropped 4.9%, Bank Negara Indonesia fell 1%, Bank Mandiri lost 1.94%, Eagle High Plantation shed 4.88%, XL Axiata dropped 3.87%, Indofood declined 1.48%, Indo Tambangraya slashed 1.96%, Lippo Karawaci lost 3.3%, and United Tractors fell 2.96%.
While London Sumatra gained 1.1%, Indocement rose 2.15%, Gudang Garam increased 1.8%, Charoen Pokphand increased 1.4%, and Bank Danamon hiked 1.4%.