JCI On Wednesday Closed Slightly Lower 0.07 Percent To 5075.80 Level

Indonesia Stock Exchange Building. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) closed lower in trading Wednesday, July 15. JCI closed in the red zone and slightly weakened 0.07 percent or 3.32 points to the level of 5,075.80.

Closing the trade, 202 stocks rose, 206 stocks fell, and 158 stocks remained unchanged. The trading volume was recorded at 10.39 billion shares and was transacted at Rp7.21 trillion.

Binaartha Sekuritas analyst, M. Nafan Aji Gustama said, JCI was not closed in the positive zone due to domestic sentiment, in which the performance of Indonesia's trade balance per June, although experiencing a surplus, has actually decreased.

"The trade balance is a surplus of 1.27 billion US dollars, compared to the surplus of 2.16 billion US dollars at last month's release," Nafan told VOI.

This afternoon, stocks that were among the top gainers, including PT Bekasi Fajar Industrial Estate Tbk (BEST) which rose 14.66 percent to Rp133, PT Eagle High Plantation Tbk (BWPT) which gained 9.78 percent to Rp101, and PT Agung Podomoro Land Tbk (APLN) which strengthened 8.85 percent to Rp123.

Meanwhile, stocks in the top losers ranks, including PT Semen Baturaja (Persero) Tbk (SMBR) which weakened 6.83 percent to IDR382, PT Ginting Jaya Energi Tbk (WOWS) which fell 5.97 percent to IDR63. and PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAPI) which fell 5.00 percent to Rp665.