The Jakarta Stock Exchange Index Strengthens After the CEO of the IDX Resigns (Friday, January 30, 2026)

The Jakarta Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) or IHSG rose by 1.18% to 8,329.61 at the close of trading on Friday (30/1/2026).

This happened after the Director General of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) Iman Rachman resigned, in response to the IHSG plummeting to the point of triggering a trading halt for two consecutive days.

"As a form of responsibility for what happened in the last two days, I declare my resignation as the Director General of BEI," said Iman, as reported by Katadata.co.id.

Based on the IDX-IC Sectoral Index, eight stock sectors strengthened today. The transportation sector led with a rise of 6.14%, followed by the financial sector and the primary consumer goods sector, which rose by 3.05% and 1.97% respectively.

Meanwhile, three other stock sectors declined. The non-primary consumer goods sector fell the most by 1.45%, followed by the infrastructure sector and the industrial sector, which fell by 1.16% and 1.10% respectively.

According to RTI Business data, the frequency of domestic stock trading today reached 3.4 million transactions. A total of 57.82 billion shares changed hands with a total transaction value of Rp41.69 trillion.

A total of 551 stocks closed higher today, while 194 stocks weakened and 65 stocks stagnated.

The top gainer today was ERTX, which surged 35%, followed by ESTI and NZIA, which rose by 34.67% and 34.09% respectively.

On the other hand, the stock with the code INDO became the top loser after falling 14.97%, followed by KIOS and LMPI, which corrected by 14.94% and 14.93% respectively.

Unlike the IHSG, most Asian stock exchanges weakened. The Nikkei Index fell by 0.099% to 53,322,85; the Hang Seng Index fell by 2.08% to 27,387.11; the Shanghai Index fell by 0.96% to 4,117.95; and the Strait Times Index fell by 0.45% to 4,908.09.