Half-Day Rest, JCI Closed to 5.762 Position

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Jakarta Composite Stock Price Index (IDX) closed down 1.1% or 63 points to 5,762 in the first trading session on Friday (11/08/2017) when compared to the position at the previous day's closing at the level 5.825.

JCI's cut in the mid-day break is caused by a decline in the price of 414 shares. Nevertheless, there are still 83 stocks experiencing price increases, 102 stagnant shares and 174 shares are not transacted at all.

The total value of stock-buying in the first session of trading today was recorded at Rp2.57 trillion with trading volume of 4.25 billion units of stock. Meanwhile, foreign investors made a net selling of Rp140 billion with net selling volume of 57 million units of shares.

As many as nine out of 10 indexes of BEI have decreased. Index of property sector experienced the deepest decline, which amounted to 1.48% or 7.49 points to position 500 then followed by the consumer sector index and manufacturing sector index which each eroded 1.24% and 1.22%.

LQ45 stocks that experienced price decline and became top losers were PT Bank Jabar-Banten Tbk (BJBR) whose price shrank 4.9% or Rp140 to Rp2,700 per unit, PT Summarecon Agung Tbk (SMRA) with price cut 4.1% or Rp45 to Rp1,050 per unit and shares of PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA), which fell 3.7% or Rp90 to Rp2,360 per unit.

Meanwhile, the top gainers of LQ45 shares were PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk (SSMS) which rose by 8.3% or Rp115 to Rp1,505, PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) shares increased by 0.4% Or Rp10 to Rp2,620 per unit and shares of PT Waskita Karya Tbk (WSKT) whose price stagnant at position Rp2.310 per unit. (Abraham Sihombing)