Indonesia's IDX Closes Higher, Following Asian Markets into Positive Territory (Thursday, September 14, 2023)

The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) strengthened by 23.85 points or 0.34% to 6,959.33 at the close of trading on Thursday (14/9/2023).

This strengthening occurred in line with the strengthening of the majority of Asian regional exchanges.

Based on the IDX-IC Sectoral Index, five sectors increased today, led by the energy sector which rose 1.80%, the basic materials sector rose 1.25%, and the transportation and logistics sector strengthened by 0.99%.

Meanwhile, six sectors were corrected. The infrastructure sector fell the most with a weakening of 0.70%, followed by the consumer staples sector and the health sector, which were down 0.70% and 0.60% respectively.

According to RTI Business data, the frequency of stock trading on the domestic exchange today was 1.18 million transactions.

A total of 35.36 billion shares changed hands, with transaction value reaching Rp 13.33 trillion.

The issuer with the code CYBR entered the top gainers after strengthening by 18.18%, followed by issuers HALO and AWAN which strengthened by 17.86% and 12.73% respectively.

On the other hand, today's top losers were WIDI, which weakened by 9.88%, followed by SKRN and AEGS, which contracted by 9.72% and 6.41% respectively.

Although the stock index strengthened, the majority of stocks closed lower today. The details are: 282 stocks weakened, 241 stocks strengthened, and 232 stocks were stagnant.

Meanwhile, Asian stock exchanges this afternoon collectively moved higher. Here's the movement of Asian exchanges this afternoon:

* Nikkei Index strengthened by 461.60 points or 1.41% to 33,168.10;
* Hang Seng Index strengthened by 38.69 points or 0.21% to 18,047.92;
* Shanghai Index strengthened by 3.48 points or 0.11% to 3,126.55;
* Straits Times Index strengthened by 30.58 points or 0.95% to 3,249.58.