IHSG Lags, Foreign Investors Heavily Sell These Shares
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia — Foreign investors recorded a net sell action during the first trading session on Friday (27/3/2026). Selling pressure was particularly evident in shares of major banks.
Based on trading data, foreigners booked a net sell of Rp789.4 billion across the market. This value stemmed from total purchases of Rp1.7 trillion and sales of Rp2.5 trillion.
The largest foreign selling actions occurred in big-cap banking shares. BBCA was the most heavily offloaded stock, with a net sell value of Rp609 billion. In line with this selling, BBCA shares fell more than 2% to the level of 6,725.
Besides BBCA, shares of BBRI, BBNI, and BMRI were also largely dumped by foreigners, though with relatively much smaller values. For more details, here are the 10 stocks with the largest net foreign sells throughout session 1:
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BBCA) - Rp609 billion
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI) - Rp143.5 billion
PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBNI) - Rp75.8 billion
PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (BMRI) - Rp53.5 billion
PT Darma Henwa Tbk (DEWA) - Rp31.3 billion
PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (TLKM) - Rp22.8 billion
PT Astra International Tbk (ASII) - Rp22.1 billion
PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk (AMRT) - Rp14.3 billion
PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAPI) - Rp13.6 billion
PT Merdeka Battery Materials Tbk (MBMA) - Rp13.5 billion
On the other hand, foreigners continued limited accumulation in several commodity- and energy-based stocks. Nusantara Sawit Sejahtera (NSSS) became the top foreign buy with a value of Rp144.4 billion, followed by Antam (ANTM) at Rp43.2 billion and Bumi Resources (BUMI) at Rp40.8 billion. Other stocks that were also bought up include ENRG, BRMS, and TINS.
Meanwhile, the Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) closed the first session in negative territory during trading today, Friday (27/3/2026). The IHSG fell 0.88% or -63.09 points to the level of 7,101.
A total of 404 stocks declined, 242 rose, and 312 were unchanged. Trading value was notably subdued at Rp5.7 trillion. A total of 9.96 billion shares changed hands in 781,600 transactions. Market capitalisation fell to Rp12,488 trillion.