Indonesia bourse holds minute silence for injured after floor collapse


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018

Security guards screen workers as they go into the Indonesia Stock Exchange building in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's stock exchange held a minute silence at the start of trading on Tuesday for more than 70 people injured when a mezzanine floor in the building suddenly collapsed.

No deaths have been reported from the collapse on Monday but dozens of people, many university students visiting the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), are being treated in hospitals.

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