JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened higher 0.7% at 5000 this morning to tracking regional markets.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday following record closes on Wall Street, but falling commodity prices weighed down Australian markets, Reuters reported.

Nymex’s crude oil inched down 0.01% to US$77.39 per barrel in Asian trading and gold fell 0.44% to US$1,154.70 per ounce.

Adaro Energy gained 1.38%, Astra International rose 1.1%, Bank Central Asia hiked 2.79%, Bank Rakyat Indonesia lifted 1.4%, Bank Mandiri increased 1.2%, London Sumatra climbed 1.3%, and Perusahaan Gas Negara up 1.3%.