JAKARTA: Indonesian stocks plunged 5% on Thursday, prompting an automatic pause in trading, and the central bank intervened to steady the rupiah after the authorities reimposed restrictions in the capital Jakarta to stem rising COVID-19 cases.
The fall in Jakarta was the biggest since March and came in contrast to most other emerging markets in Asia, which were back in positive territory after a halt in the slide in U.S. stocks overnight.
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