JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened lower 0.4% at 4236 this morning following regional markets.
This morning (Friday), Asian shares and the dollar slipped in early trading, after mixed U.S. data provided little clarity on the timing of the Federal Reserve’s expected interest rate hike ahead of a key U.S. jobs report later in the session, Reuters reported.
Nymex’s crude oil rose 1.12% to US$45.24 per barrel in Asian trading this morning while gold declined 0.19% to US$1,111.60 per ounce.
Yesterday (Thursday) Foreign investors booked net sell of Rp181.3 billion in local stocks, bringing year to date net sell to Rp13.3 trillion.