Initial JCI In 2021 Opened Stronger To 6,005

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) opened higher in the first trade in 2020. The JCI strengthened to penetrate the level of 6,005.95, at the opening of trading on Monday 4 January.

JCI opened up 0.45 percent or 26.88 points. A total of 76 stocks rose, 14 stocks fell, and 168 stocks were stagnant at the opening of trading.

Chairman of the OJK Board of Commissioners Wimboh Santoso said 2021 would be a momentum for the revival of the Indonesian Capital Market, after tending to be corrected last year.

"This is the momentum for the revival of the capital market. Last year, during a pandemic, the JCI only corrected 5 percent, lower than other neighboring exchanges," he said during the opening of trading at the Indonesia Stock Exchange Building, which was broadcast virtually, Monday, January 4.

For information, at the close of trading Wednesday, December 30, 2020, the JCI parked at the level of 5,979.073, or fell 0.95 percent from the previous trade.