JCI Opened Wednesday To Weaken 0.34 Percent To 4,573.05

Indonesia Stock Exchange Building. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) opened lower on Wednesday, May 13 trading. JCI opened lower by 0.34 percent or 15.69 points to the level of 4,573.05.

Opening trades, 15 stocks rose, 37 stocks fell, and 19 stocks remained stagnant. The trading volume was recorded at 7.08 million shares and was transacted for Rp4.03 billion.

Binaartha Sekuritas analyst M. Nafan Aji Gusta Utama predicts there are indications of strengthening JCI today. Technically, Nafan thinks there is a further correction in the JCI movement so that it has the opportunity to go to the nearest support.

He predicts the first support for JCI will be at the level of 4,443, if it touches this level it will test the second support at the level of 4,318. Meanwhile, the resistance area on today's trading is in the range of 4,747-4,975 levels.

Stocks that can be considered by investors in today's trade include PT Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk (ACES), PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk (BBTN), PT Erajaya Swasembada Tbk (ERAA), PT XL Axiata Tbk (EXCL), PT Indosat Tbk (ISAT), and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Persero) (TLKM).

This morning, stocks that were among the top gainers, including PT Ancora Indonesia Resources Tbk (OKAS) which rose 5.06 percent to Rp83, PT Wilton Makmur Indonesia Tbk (SQMI) which rose 2.56 percent to Rp200, and PT Indonesia Vehicle Terminal Tbk (IPCC) which strengthened 2.31 percent to IDR354.

Meanwhile, stocks that were among the top losers included PT Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk (BSDE) which fell 5.60 percent to Rp590, PT Bukit Asam Tbk (PTBA) which fell 5.03 percent to Rp1,890, and PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk (JSMR) which weakened 4.89 percent to Rp3,500.