JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) closed up 1.61% or 112.58 points to 7,096.45 on Monday (23/12).

The increase in the index was led by the shares of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI) and PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (BMRI), whose prices rose 3.69% and 2.64% respectively. The increase in BBRI's share price added 19.40 points to the JCI and BMRI 13.10 points.

The volume of shares traded on Monday was recorded at 19.05 billion shares, with a transaction value of IDR9.59 trillion or US$594 million. While the trading frequency for all stocks was recorded at 996 thousand times.

Foreign investors still tend to sell on Monday. This can be seen from the net foreign sell which was recorded at IDR399.42 billion or equivalent to US$24.72 million.

The Energy sector was the only sectoral index that corrected on Monday, with a decline of 0.15%. Meanwhile, 10 other sectoral indices were positive.

A number of stocks in the Energy sector also occupied the list of Top Laggards or weights in JCI's performance last Monday. In the first place, there are shares of PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa Tbk (DSSA) which corrected 5.22 index points. Then the shares of PT Adaro Andalan Indonesia Tbk (AADI) corrected 0.88 index points, and PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk (GEMS) 0.75 index points. (KR/LM)