JCI On Thursday Closed Down 0.46% To 5,052.79 Level

Indonesia Stock Exchange Building. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) closed lower on Thursday, July 9 trading. JCI closed down 0.46 percent or 23.38 points to the level of 5,052.79.

In closing the trade, 195 stocks rose, 205 stocks fell, and 172 stocks remained unchanged. Trading volume, recorded 10.47 billion shares and transacted at IDR8.64 trillion.

Binaartha Sekuritas analyst, M. Nafan Aji Gustama said, the weakening of the JCI was due to the absence of macroeconomic data, both domestic and global, which gave a high positive market impact.

"Coupled with an increase in the number of cases with COVID-19 on a mondial scale and a potential second wave," Nafan told VOI.

This, according to Nafan, makes market players more likely to take profit taking.

This afternoon, stocks that are among the top gainers, including PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (KRAS) which rose 24.46 percent to IDR346, PT Envy Technologies Indonesia Tbk (ENVY) which rose 12.50 percent to IDR126 , and PT Mahaka Radio Integra Tbk (MARI) which strengthened 11.11 percent to Rp60.

Meanwhile, stocks that are in the top losers ranks, including PT Putra Rajawali Kencana Tbk (PURA) which weakened 6.38 percent to Rp132, PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk (CPIN) which fell 4.72 percent to Rp6,050. and PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk (WSKT) which fell 4.72 percent to Rp202.