JCI Perkasa In The Midst Of The COVID-19 Craze That Made Positive Cases Reach 20,000

JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on Friday morning, June 24, strengthened amid a new record of positive COVID-19 cases in one day, which reached 20,000 cases.

JCI opened up 15.16 points or 0.25 percent to 6,027.22. Meanwhile, the group of 45 leading stocks or the LQ45 index rose 3.89 points or 0.45 percent to 858.58.

"JCI this weekend has the opportunity to consolidate, moving in the range of 5,980-6,080," wrote the Lotus Sekuritas Research Team in its study in Jakarta, quoted from Antara.

The daily case of COVID-19 again set a new record on Thursday, June 24, which was 20,574 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 2,053,995 cases.

Asian regional stock markets on Friday morning included the Nikkei index rising 180.98 points or 0.63 percent to 29,056.21, the Hang Seng index rising 128.38 points or 0.44 percent to 29,010.84, and the Straits Times index rising. 4.99 points or 0.16 percent to 3,124.61.