IDX Falls Following Large-Scale Protests; Government Remains Optimistic (Monday, September 1, 2025)

The IDX Composite (IHSG) initially dropped 3.28% at the start of trading today, Monday (September 1st, 2025).

The decline followed large-scale demonstrations across various regions of Indonesia last week, from Thursday (August 28th, 2025) to Saturday (August 30th, 2025).

However, at the close of today's trading, the IHSG fell only 1.21% to 7,736.07.

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that the IHSG's weakening did not need to be a cause for concern.

"The IHSG showed strengthening momentum last week, even reaching an all-time high of 8,000," Airlangga said at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in Jakarta, as reported by Katadata.co.id (September 1st, 2025).

"The decline only occurred during the large Friday demonstration; therefore, the government remains confident that optimism still exists among us and we must maintain it," he added.

Based on the IDX-IC Sectoral Index, 9 sectors weakened today. The transportation and logistics sector fell the most, by 2.19%. This was followed by the technology sector, which weakened by 2.16%, and the infrastructure sector, which fell by 1.98%.

Meanwhile, only 2 sectors strengthened: the industrial sector, with a 1.58% increase, and the healthcare sector, which grew by 0.64%.

According to RTI Business data, 171 stocks closed higher today, 539 stocks weakened, and 99 stocks were stagnant.

Today's domestic stock trading frequency reached 2.3 million transactions. A total of 37.69 billion shares changed hands, with a total transaction value of Rp 23.49 trillion.

Today's top gainer was TMPO, which soared by 34.57%. This was followed by SLIS, which surged by 34.38%, and WOWS, which strengthened by 34.07%.

Meanwhile, GPSO was the top loser, plunging by 14.86%, followed by VOKS and BSBK, which weakened by 12.10% and 12.05%, respectively.

Asian markets generally strengthened today. The Hang Seng Index rose 2.15% to 25,617.42; the Shanghai Index rose 0.46% to 3,875.53; the Straits Times Index rose 0.15% to 4,276.07; while the Nikkei Index weakened by 1.24% to 42,188.79.