JAKARTA – Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) was opened at 6,877.08 on today’s (14/8) morning session, depleting compared to last Friday’s (11/8) closing at 6,878.979. Until 9.05 AM WIB, JCI still showed stagnancy.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) data quoted today (14/8) mentioned that JCI was at 6,869.633, corrected 0.15% from the opening bell’s position. The decline follows the negative shift seen in the index since last week (11/8).

The faltering capital market was also reflected in several indexes that contain blue-chip stocks. LQ45 was corrected 0.16% to 962.778, IDX30 was down 0.18% to 499.112, and IDX80 slipped 0.07% to 132.606.

JCI decline earlier this week resembled last week’s (7/8) trend, in which JCI was recorded at 6,886.37. Positive sentiment was regained only after August 10, in which it finally reached 6,893.28.

Several blue-chip stocks that subsided include PT Alakasa Industrindo Tbk (ALKA), PT Anek Tambang Tbk (ANTM), PT Arwana Citramulia Tbk (ARNA), PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BBCA), PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI), and PT BPD Jawa Timur Tbk (BJTM).

Meanwhile, issuers that remained in the green zone include PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBNI), PT BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk (BFIN), and PT Bank Mayabank Indonesia Tbk (BNII).

Last week, the total traded shares clocked up to 14.13 million, all recorded within 891,281 transactions worth IDR 7.43 trillion. JCI was also corrected 13,297 points from 6,893.276 seen last Thursday (10/8). (LK/ZH)