Sudden Visit to BEI: Dasco Speaks to OJK and BEI Leaders

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, made an impromptu visit to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). He was accompanied by the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Friderica Widyasari Dewi, Rosan Roeslani, CEO of Danantara, and Dony Oskaria, COO of Danantara. BEI Director I Gede Nyoman Yetna was also present to accompany the officials who arrived. With a grey suit, Dasco expressed his appreciation for the hard work of BEI’s directors and the leadership of the OJK.

“Thank you for the hard work of the exchange’s directors and the OJK who have toiled to face the situation caused by global market conditions and domestic dynamics,” Dasco said, on Tuesday (19/5/2026).

Meanwhile, the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) fell 2% or 136.33 points to 6,462.91 as of 11:11 WIB, Tuesday (19/5/2026).

A total of 454 shares declined, 212 rose, and 293 were unchanged. Transaction value reached Rp 10.61 trillion, involving 17.34 billion shares in 1.26 million transactions.

Market capitalisation also declined to Rp 11,261 trillion.

Meanwhile in yesterday’s trading, the JCI opened down 94.34 points or 1.40% at 6,447.97. Yet two minutes after the market opened the JCI plunged further to 2.59% and 60 minutes later it fell by 4.3% to 6,428.

The largest pressure on the JCI since the weekend came from stocks that were removed from the MSCI Global Standard Index and the MSCI Global Small Cap Index.

MSCI officially removed six Indonesian stocks from the MSCI Global Standard Index, namely: PT Amman Mineral Internasional Tbk (AMMN); PT Barito Renewables Energy Tbk (BREN); PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (TPIA); PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa Tbk (DSSA); PT Petrindo Jaya Kreasi Tbk (CUAN); PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk (AMRT).

Additionally, MSCI also dropped 13 Indonesian stocks from the MSCI Global Small Cap Index.

Shortly after the MSCI announcement, other global index providers FTSE also spoke about the future of RI stocks included in its indices.

In the latest announcement titled “Index Treatment for the June 2026 Index Review” released on Wednesday (13/5/2026), FTSE signalled a hard stance regarding the potential deletion of stocks with high ownership concentration (HSC) in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI).

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