JCI Back Submerged Into The Red Zone, Closed Lower To 6,111.18

Indonesia Stock Exchange. (Photo: IDX)

JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index has again dipped into the red zone. JCI on Tuesday January 28 closed trade fell 0.36 percent or 22.02 points to 6,111.18.

A total of 175 stocks rose, 233 stocks fell, and 124 stocks remained unchanged. The trading volume was recorded at 6.28 million shares with a transaction value of IDR 6.71 trillion.

The LQ45 index fell 3.12 points or 0.3% to 1,000.67, the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) index fell 2.77 points or 0.4% to 665.72, the IDX30 index fell 1.79 points or 0.3 % to 547.77, and the MNC36 index fell 0.73 points or 0.2% to 347.47.

Binaartha Sekuritas analyst, M. Nafan Aji Gustama said, the corona virus v is the most crucial issue for market players to date. However, according to him, today's JCI weakening was not too significant compared to before.

"Market players still appreciate that the Indonesian government has taken various preventive steps to prevent the spread of the corona virus. So far, there has been no indication of any patient contracting the virus in Indonesia," Nafan explained to VOI, Tuesday, January 28.

At the close of trading this afternoon, stocks that experienced the fastest rising movement (top gainers), among others, shares of PT Sentral Mitra Informatika Tbk (LUCK) rose by IDR85 or 13.39 percent to IDR720, shares of PT Darmi Bersaudara Tbk (KAYU) rose IDR 8 or 10.81 percent to IDR 82, and shares of PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) up IDR 5 or 9.8 percent to IDR 56.

Meanwhile, top losers, namely PT Perdana Karya Perkasa Tbk (PKPK) fell IDR 15 or 18.07 percent to IDR 68, shares of PT Pelayaran Tamarin Samudra Tbk (TAMU) fell IDR 50 or 16.67 percent to IDR 250 and shares of PT Envy Technologies Indonesia Tbk (ENVY) fell IDR 28 or 6.9 percent to IDR 378.