JCI Rises to 6,910 when the Majority of Foreign Stock Exchanges Weaken

Jakarta, Armfalcon.com —

Price index share combined (JCI) closed at the level of 6,910 on Wednesday (26/4) afternoon. The stock index gained 88,340 points or plus 1.29 percent from the previous trade.

Quoting RTI Infokom, investors made transactions of IDR 14,724 trillion with 13,732 billion shares traded.

At this closing, 325 stocks rose, 210 corrected, and 201 others stagnated. It was observed that 7 out of 11 sectoral indices strengthened, led by the transportation sector by 2.09 percent. While 4 other sectors weakened led by technology which fell 0.54 percent.

Meanwhile, the US stock market appears to be weakening. The S&P 500 index fell 1.98 percent, the NYSE Composite index fell 1.56 percent, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.98 percent.

European stock markets were also observed to be dominantly weakened. The FTSE 100 index in Britain fell 0.27 percent, the CAC 40 index in France weakened 0.68 percent, and the DAX index in Germany weakened 0.61 percent.

Meanwhile, Asian stock exchanges vary. The Nikkei 225 in Japan weakened 0.71 percent, the Hang Seng Composite index in Hong Kong rose 1.14 percent, and the Kospi index in South Korea fell 0.17 percent.

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