Share prices up on Jakarta Stock Exchange

Share prices up on Jakarta Stock Exchange

JAKARTA (JP): Share prices rallied on the Jakarta Stock
Exchange (JSX) yesterday with most issues gaining ground in
moderate trading.

The broad-based Composite Index closed slightly higher at
463.11 from 462.55 on Thursday.

The narrower-based GTDBS-50 Index also strengthened to close
at 108.15 from 107.9.

Top winners were Mayatexdian (up Rp 500), Aqua Golden
Mississippi (up Rp 400), Indorama Synthetics (up Rp 300) and
Polysindo Eka Perkasa (up Rp 250).

Top losers included Unilever Indonesia (down Rp 2,500),
Metrodata Electronics (down Rp 2,100), Indo Citra Finance (down
Rp 1.100), Metro Supermarket Realty (down Rp 1,000), Smart Corp.
(down Rp 225) and Mayora (down Rp 200).

Trading volume decreased to 22.43 million shares valued at Rp
97.13 billion (US45.19 million) yesterday from 35.18 million
shares valued at Rp 151.79 billion ($70.63 million) on Thursday.

A total of 6.04 million shares changed hands yesterday at Rp
27.98 billion on the regular board, 14.98 million shares at Rp
66.01 billion on the crossing board and 1.4 million shares at Rp
3.12 billion on the foreign board.

Yesterday's trading recorded no transactions on the odd lot,
block sale and cash trading boards. (icn)