JAKARTA - Foreign trade volume was down nearly 1 billion shares, or 986,514,800 to be precise, two days before the end of the year on Thursday, December 29. The fantastic figure stems from the difference between 2.94 billion shares sold by foreigners versus the 1.95 billion purchased. PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GOTO) shares released by foreign investors remain the largest contributor to this figure, with as many as 2,108,744,200 shares were sold, bringing the net volume to minus 911.55 million.

PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) shares were also quite volatile after foreigners sold as many as 63.92 million shares, with a net volume of minus 24.23 million shares. Following that, three issuers, namely PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI), PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BBCA), and PT Wulandari Bangun Laksana Tbk (BSBK), had similar net volumes of minus 16 million shares. Foreign investors sold 61.33 million BBRI shares, followed by 36.47 million BBCA shares and 28.25 million BSBK shares.

For the foreign purchases, PT Buana Lintas Lautan Tbk (BULL) and PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk (BIPI) managed to be the highest sales this time, with 26.97 million and 25.94 million shares sold to foreigners, respectively. Following that, 20.09 million shares of PT Bukalapak.com Tbk (BUKA) and PT Berkah Beton Sadaya Tbk (BEBS) were also purchased with foreign funds. This time, BUKA shares had the highest net volume with 19.43 million shares, followed by BEBS shares with 16.62 million shares. Finally, foreign investors also increased the shareholding portion of PT Surya Permata Andalan Tbk (NATO) by 14.46 million shares. (KD)

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