JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesian stocks fell 5 per cent on Thursday (Sept 10)morning following the Jakarta administration’s decision to retighten its restrictions, prompting the bourse to halt trading for 30 minutes.
The capital city made the decision to retighten the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) due to the unabating surge in Covid-19 cases. The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) halted trading at 10.36am Jakarta time as the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) shed 257.5 points to 4,891.88 just two hours after the opening bell.