GLOBAL equity markets were jolted recently when global index provider MSCI warned that Indonesia’s stock market may be reclassified from an emerging market to a frontier market unless structural issues are addressed by May.
This warning caused the benchmark Jakarta Composite Index to plunge sharply, by as much as 8% to 10% in a single session, triggering automatic trading halts and sparking widespread investor panic.
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