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        "msgid": "shares-end-slightly-lower-dragged-down-by-astra-bca-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-07-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Shares end slightly lower, dragged down by Astra, BCA",
        "author": null,
        "source": "DJ",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Shares end slightly lower, dragged down by Astra, BCA Dow Jones, Jakarta Indonesian shares ended slightly lower on Monday, with falls in automotive company Astra International and Bank Central Asia weighing on the main index, dealers said. They said overall sentiment was weak, hurt by lingering worries that the central bank may continue to raise its key interest rate to defend the falling rupiah.",
        "content": "<p>Shares end slightly lower, dragged down by Astra, BCA<\/p>\n<p>Dow Jones, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian shares ended slightly lower on Monday, with falls in<br>\nautomotive company Astra International and Bank Central Asia<br>\nweighing on the main index, dealers said.<\/p>\n<p>They said overall sentiment was weak, hurt by lingering<br>\nworries that the central bank may continue to raise its key<br>\ninterest rate to defend the falling rupiah.<\/p>\n<p>The dollar was trading at Rp 9,855, up from its previous close<br>\nof Rp 9,770 on Friday as local companies continued to buy the<br>\ndollar to repay their foreign debt.<\/p>\n<p>\"The market ran out of steam after Friday's 1.5 percent gain,\"<br>\nsaid a trader with a state-owned securities firm.<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Stock Exchange's Composite Index ended down 0.106<br>\npoint at 1138.882.<\/p>\n<p>Decliners led gainers 69 to 42, with 62 stocks unchanged.<br>\nVolume was 1.1 billion shares valued at Rp 976 billion, compared<br>\nwith 894 million shares valued at Rp 761 billion on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Astra International dropped 1.5 percent to Rp 12,800 on profit<br>\ntaking after a 2.4 percent gain on Friday and on worries that<br>\nhigher interest rates could prevent people from buying cars<br>\nthrough bank loans.<\/p>\n<p>Bank Central Asia, the nation's second largest lender by<br>\nassets, lost 2.1 percent to Rp 3,575 on expectations that higher<br>\ninterest rates could reduce its net interest margins.<\/p>\n<p>Also lower were shares in nickel miner International Nickel<br>\nIndonesia, which lost 1 percent to Rp 14,450 on profit taking<br>\nafter gains on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers said shares in Bank Lippo ended up 3.3 percent at Rp<br>\n1,250 on news that consortium Swissasia Global, which owns a 52<br>\npercent stake in Bank Lippo, has named Merrill Lynch financial<br>\nadviser for the stake sale of the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers said they expect shares to trade flat to slightly<br>\nlower on Tuesday on further profit taking in Astra International.<\/p>",
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