The JCI Opened Weakened Today Due To First Omicron Case In The Country And US Pressure

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JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) was observed to have weakened 0.13 percent or 8.88 points to 6.585.91 at the opening session of trading Friday, December 17.

The decline in the JCI today cannot be separated from the negative sentiment of the first Omicron case in Indonesia announced by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin yesterday.

Noted, 137 stocks fell with 181 stocks rose, 192 stocks did not move.

Director of MNC Asset Sekuritas Edwin Sebayang said that the movement of the stock market in Indonesia was also influenced by market action in the United States (US). According to him, US investors took profit-taking, which made the Dow Jones index cut 0.08 percent.

"This is one of the negative sentiments for trading this Friday on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, which was also depressed due to the first omicron variant that had entered Indonesia," he said in a daily analysis, Friday, December 17.

JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) was observed to have weakened 0.13 percent or 8.88 points to 6.585.91 at the opening session of trading Friday, December 17.

The decline in the JCI today cannot be separated from the negative sentiment of the first Omicron case in Indonesia announced by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin yesterday.

Noted, 137 stocks fell with 181 stocks rose, 192 stocks did not move.

Director of MNC Asset Sekuritas Edwin Sebayang said that the movement of the stock market in Indonesia was also influenced by market action in the United States (US). According to him, US investors took profit-taking, which made the Dow Jones index cut 0.08 percent.

"This is one of the negative sentiments for trading this Friday on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, which was also depressed due to the first omicron variant that had entered Indonesia," he said in a daily analysis, Friday, December 17.

For information, on Thursday, December 16, the JCI closed at 6.594.79, eroded by 0.47 percent or 31.46 points. It is known that 372 stocks weakened, 172 stocks strengthened, and 133 stocks did not move from their levels.

Then, foreign investors recorded a net foreign sell of IDR 735.15 billion and a known market capitalization of IDR 8.298.94 trillion.

For information, on Thursday, December 16, the JCI closed at 6.594.79, eroded by 0.47 percent or 31.46 points. It is known that 372 stocks weakened, 172 stocks strengthened, and 133 stocks did not move from their levels.

Then, foreign investors recorded a net foreign sell of IDR 735.15 billion and a known market capitalization of IDR 8.298.94 trillion.