JAKARTA - Foreign investor buying of shares was slow on Wednesday, February 15. The total number of shares purchased by foreigners was only 1.53 billion, while the total number of shares sold was 2.66 billion. As a result, the net volume this time was deep at -1,127,72,100 shares. The shares with the highest sales volume, PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO), also had the lowest net volume. A total of 1,253,838,000 GOTO shares were sold by overseas investors, resulting in a net volume of -740,42 million shares.

PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) shares came in second with a net volume of -70.57 million after being sold by foreigners for 175.30 million shares. Foreign investors sold 83.15 million shares of PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk (BIPI), and the net volume was -75.48 million, even less than BUMI. Foreign investors also let go of around 90.80 million shares of PT Bukalapak.com Tbk (BUKA) and 44.68 million shares of PT Bumi Resources and Minerals Tbk (BRMS). The net volumes of these issuers were -51 million BUKA and nearly -42 million BRMS.

In contrast, foreign purchases did not appear to be as hectic. With a net volume of 22.73 million shares, the largest purchase was only 63.64 million shares of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI). Following that, foreigners purchased shares in another bank, PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk (BRIS), totaling 37.60 million shares. Despite a lower purchase than BBRI, BRIS's net volume was the highest this time at around 25.15 million. Foreign investors also spent money on approximately 20.28 million shares of PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk (FREN), bringing the net volume to 15.03 million. Finally, foreign investors purchased up to 17 million shares of PT Industri Jamu dan Farmasi Sido Muncul Tbk (SIDO) and nearly 15 million shares of PT Surya Permata Andalan Tbk (NATO). Because these two issuers had such low foreign sales, the net volume was 16.17 million SIDO and 14.76 million NATO. (KD)

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