REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The first trading session of Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG), Monday (24/8), was closed down 4.372 percent or minus 189.58 points to 4146.38. Previously, IHSG had fallen to minus 5.14 percent at 11.00 pm.
The movement of the shares was pressed by the poor sale of shares in nine sectoral shares. Until noon, the sale of shares in the Basic and Chemical Industry sectors still in the red zone at minus 7.62 percent. The Agri sector was better at minus 7.36 percent.
Best sectoral movement of shares keep putting their sales in the red zone, like the sale of shares of Trade in Services and
Investment sector which fell by 3.71 percent.
Meanwhile, the most active sales of shares were still in the banking subsector. PT. Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) led the most active sales by value of the shares at Rp 11,250 with a frequency of 3,923 sales.
Exchange Jisdor also showed deteriorating exchange rate, which was approaching the level of Rp 14 thousand. Bank Indonesia's official website stated that rupiah ws currently at the level of Rp 13,998.