JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened higher 0.54% at 4900 this morning inline with regional sentiment.
Asian share markets added to their recent rally on Wednesday as investors chose to accentuate the positive in a mixed bag of global economic data, Reuters reported.
Nymex’s crude oil declined 0.1% to US$99.64 per barrel in Asian trading while gold increased 0.3% to US$1,283.90 per ounce.
On Tuesday (April 1), IDX gained 2.2%, boosted by improved domestic economic data. Indonesia recorded trade surplus of US$785.3 million in February 2014 as export rose 0.68% to US$14.57 billion while import declined 7.58% to US$13.78 billion.
This morning, Alam Sutera gained 3.23%, Bank Negara Indonesia rose 2.9%, Bank Mandiri increased 1.26%, and Jababeka hiked 3.32%.