Falling global stock markets, stock index opened nearly 1% loss

Falling global stock markets, stock index opened nearly 1% loss. Photo: Courtesy

JAKARTA - Composite Stock Price Index (CSPI) in today's trading was opened behind the direction corrected its fall affected global stock markets. JCI fell 34.62 points or 0.8 percent at 4312.66.

JCI closed higher as rising Asian markets, especially Japan. JCI rose 28.69 points or 0.66% at 4347.28. While Asian stocks fell today after US stocks fell overnight and machinery orders in Japan are surprisingly shrank.


Quoted by Reuters, concerns about slowing global economic growth also weighed on sentiment, with the New Zealand dollar fell after the central bank cut interest rates, signaling weak demand and uncertainty over policy in the United States and China.

Tokyo Nikkei .N225 slumped, after jumping 7.7% the previous day amid expectations of further stimulus from the government.

Investors are awaiting China's inflation data as further clues on the health of the economy. While US stocks rose on Wednesday morning on hopes of stimulus measures further in China but retreated in the middle of the session, led by a decrease in stock Apple (AAPL.O) and energy, which dragged down by falling oil prices.

Meanwhile, the Shanghai index fell 33.11 points or 1.02% to 3209.98; Hang Seng Index plunged 491.75 points or 2.22% to 21639.56; Straits Times index minus 47.27 points, or 1.62%, to 2880.72 and the Nikkei index tepar 588.72 points or 3.14% to 18181.79.

The value of transactions in the stock Indonesia was recorded at Rp86 billion, with 65 million shares traded and foreign net transactions of minus Rp6,29 billion, with foreign selling reached Rp26,19 billion and buying Rp19,90 billion. Recorded nine stocks rose, 98 stocks fell and 41 shares stagnant.

Stock sector today are all turning lower. Sector by weakening the deepest are various plantations eroded 1.51%, followed by miscellaneous industries slumped 1.42%.

As stocks rose, including PT Matahari Department Store Tbk (LPPF) rose Rp175 be Rp15.450, PT XL AxiataTbk (EXCL) rose Rp50 be Rp2.555 and PT Bali Towerindo Sentra Tbk (BALI) rose Rp25 become Rp775.

While stocks weakened, including PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (BBNI) dropped Rp240 be Rp4.425, PT Astra International Tbk (ASII) fell 150 into Rp5.950 and PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) weakened Rp105 to Rp2 .350.

(source: ekbis.sindonews.com)