JAKARTA – Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) officially closes 2023 trading session last Friday (29/1) with a series of achievements and growth from 2022.

In terms of listed issuers, IDX now lists 903 public companies on the board. Throughout 2023, IDX debuts 79 new stocks, which is the highest number in the history of domestic capital market.

“According to EY Global IPO Trends 2023 report, IDX is at the 6th in terms of the number of initial public offering (IPO) carried out, as well as the 9th in terms of total funds raised amongst global stock exchanges,” revealed the management of IDX in the press release last Friday (29/12).

Not only in its supply, IDX also saw impressive performance in acquiring new investors. The stock books significant increase in the number of investors, from 1.85 million to 12.16 million investors.

“Particularly for stock investors, there was an increase of 811 thousand in stock investors to 5.25 million investors,” added the management of IDX.

Amidst the thriving stock capital actors, Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) also continues to grow, as far as 6.62% year-on-year (yoy), and was closed at IDR 7,303.89 last Friday (29/12).

“There is a new record in the history seen in the highest market capitalisation, reaching IDR 11,762 trillion dated December 28, 2023,” the management continued in the official disclosure.

This year, IDX also launched domestic carbon exchange through IDXCarbon, which is a huge milestone in IDX’s mission to support the government’s Net Zero Emission by 2060 program. (ZH)