Interest Rates Held Steady, Indonesia Stock Exchange Closes Lower (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)
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The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) closed down 1.14% to 6,794.87 on Wednesday (February 19, 2025).
The JCI weakened following Bank Indonesia's (BI) announcement to hold its benchmark interest rate, or BI rate, at 5.75%, the deposit facility rate at 5%, and the lending facility rate at 6.5%.
"This decision is consistent with efforts to keep inflation projections for 2025 and 2026 under control within the target of 2.5% plus or minus 1%," said the BI Governor, as reported by Katadata on Wednesday (February 19, 2025).
Based on the IDX-IC Sectoral Index, eight sectors fell today. The financial sector fell the most, by 1.78%, followed by the infrastructure and property sectors, which corrected by 0.85% and 0.80%, respectively.
Three other sectors strengthened. The technology sector led with a 5.42% increase. The industrial and basic materials sectors rose by 0.51% and 0.27%, respectively.
According to RTI Business data, there were 1.23 million transactions on the domestic stock exchange today.
A total of 19.48 billion shares changed hands, with a total transaction value of Rp 12.17 trillion.
361 stocks closed lower today, 218 stocks rose, and 216 stocks were unchanged.
TAXI was today's top loser, falling 14.29%, followed by PURI and RANC, which fell 13.44% and 12.82%, respectively.
On the other hand, today's top gainer was DWGL, which soared 35%, followed by POLU and EDGE, which rose 24.91% and 24.86%, respectively.
Asian stock exchanges closed mixed this afternoon. The Nikkei Index fell 0.27% to 39,164.61; the Hang Seng Index fell 0.14% to 22,944.24; the Straits Times Index rose 0.22% to 3,934.04; and the Shanghai Index rose 0.81% to 3,351.54.
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