JAKARTA - Tuesday, January 31, was the last exchange day of the month, with a total net foreign deficit of 358,475,500 shares. The volume of daily foreign transactions is fairly consistent, with 2.53 billion shares purchased and 2.60 billion shares sold, for a net volume of 69,494,000 shares. PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk (BIPI) shares were purchased by foreign investors in the highest volume, namely 308.03 million shares, while PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GOTO) shares were sold in the largest volume, namely 714.82 million. BIPI itself had a net volume of 263.05 million shares, while GOTO had a net volume of nearly -300 million shares.

Furthermore, the largest foreign purchases were made to the mining issuer PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) and its subsidiary PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk (BRMS). Foreign investors purchased 165.25 million BUMI and 79.17 million BRMS, making their net volumes 118.94 million and 30.13 million shares, respectively. Foreigners also purchased 44.66 million shares of hospital management company PT Metro Healthcare Indonesia Tbk (CARE) and 27.24 million shares of the digital company PT Solusi Sinergi Digital Tbk (WIFI). The net volumes recorded by the two issuers were nearly identical to their purchase volumes.

Foreign investors, on the other hand, have released shares in banking issuer PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BBCA). A total of 122.39 million BBCA shares were sold, resulting in a net volume of minus 30.4 million. Shares of minimarket issuer PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk (AMRT) sold as many as 77.55 million shares, followed by 66.86 million shares of aviation issuer PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (GIAA). The two issuers received approximately minus 50 million shares in net volume. Finally, foreign investors sold 40.53 million shares of PT Wir Asia Tbk (WIRG), for a net volume of approximately minus 31 million shares. (KD)

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