JAKARTA - Share purchase transactions on Friday, August 23, resulted in foreign buying volume reaching 2.32 billion shares. Meanwhile, foreign sales volume was only around 1.86 billion shares, resulting in a net foreign volume surplus of 458.45 million shares. The most shares purchased belonged to the digital company PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GOTO), namely 709.38 million shares, with a net volume of 375.86 million shares.

Furthermore, shares of PT Panca Global Kapital Tbk (PEGE), a securities brokerage firm, had the same purchasing and net volume of 78.43 million shares. In the aerosol services sector, foreign investors purchased 75.61 million shares of PT Estee Gold Feet Tbk (EURO), for a net volume of 65.98 million shares. The shares of the banking company PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBNI) were then purchased for 52.82 million shares with a net volume of 32.15 million shares, followed by the purchase of 33.94 million shares of the natural gas company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGAS) with a net volume of 30.82 million shares.

Foreign investors, on the other hand, began selling their shares in two banking companies: PT Bank KB Bukopin Tbk (BBKP) and PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (BMRI). Around 223.21 million BBKP shares were sold, with a net volume of -182.19 million shares, followed by the sale of 66.08 million BMRI shares, for a net volume of -25.34 million shares. Aside from that, shares of PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk (FREN) were sold for 57.75 million shares, resulting in a net volume of -57.70 million shares. In the business of electric car battery manufacture, PT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBMA) shares were then sold for 19.28 million shares, for a net volume of -18.72 million. The sale of shares in the company PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (MNCN), which focuses on advertising-based media, then ended the net foreign list, where foreign investors sold 36.12 million shares and recorded a net volume of -18.55 million shares. (KD)

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