JAKARTA – The shares of PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBNI) managed to garner foreign investors’ attention and involvement in yesterday’s (25/1) transaction. The sudden bulk purchase of this state-owned bank’s shares possibly occurs after BNI published its 2022 financial report earlier this week (24/1).

Based on data gathered by IDNFinancials today (26/1), BBNI recorded foreign buy of 28.46 million shares and foreign sell of 9.43 million, resulting in the net foreign of 19.03 million shares. The number seen in its foreign buy exceeded other banks’ records, including PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk (BBTN) of 13.05 million shares, , PT Bank Neo Commerce Tbk (BBYB) of 15.88 million shares, and PT Bank Raya Indonesia Tbk (AGRO) of 12.26 million shares.

For the record, BNI’s revenue indeed climbed 8.37% year-on-year (yoy) from IDR 38.24 trillion in 2021 to IDR 41.32 trillion in 2022. Even more so, its profit soared 68.36% yoy from IDR 10.97 trillion to IDR 18.48 trillion. (LK/ZH)