JAKARTA – PT Bumi Minerals Tbk (BUMI) gained an enthusiastic reaction from investors following the positive trend of its stock price in the market yesterday (14/2). The share sales peaked at the same time the price increased.

Based on the data compiled by IDNFinancials today (15/2), BUMI’s foreign buy and sell arrived at 174.86 million and 114.88 million shares. Thus, its net foreign was recorded at 59.97 million shares, with a volume of 1.04 billion shares and 18,265 transactions.

The stock price hit the peak at IDR 147 per share and drop to the lowest at IDR 137. Fortunately, the price was stuck at the high range, recording IDR 146 per share during the closing bell.

However, BUMI only arrived at the runner-up position in the foreign buy chart, below PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk (BIPI) that booked 157.03 million shares, while its foreign sell reached 77.13 million. Its net foreign clocked up to 79.89 million shares, indicating that the investors are stocking up these shares and waiting for future prospects of this issuer.

During the closing yesterday (14/2), BIPI’s stock price hit IDR 172 per share. It once touched IDR 184 per share and declined to IDR 170 per share. The volume of the trading reached 832.68 million within 10,511 transactions. (LK/ZH)