The U.S. market closed higher on Friday (May 08): Dow +0.02%, S&P 500 +0.84%, and Nasdaq +1.71%. S&P 500 hit another record high, extending its longest weekly winning streak since 2024 on stronger-than-expected April jobs data and U.S.-Iran developments. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield declined 0.73% to 4.354%, while the U.S. Dollar Index slipped 0.17% to 97.90.
Commodity markets also closed mostly higher on Friday (May 08): WTI crude rose 0.64% to USD 95.42/bbl, Brent crude increased 1.23% to USD 101.29/bbl, coal declined 0.55% to USD 134.45/ton, CPO slid 0.79% to MYR 4,505/ton, and gold climbed 0.63% to USD 4,715/oz.
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Friday (May 08): Hang Seng fell 0.87%, Nikkei fell 0.19%, and Shanghai fell 0.00%. The JCI fell 2.86% to 6,969.40, with foreign net buy of IDR 11,421.2 billion, consisting of IDR 484.5 billion net sell in the regular market and IDR 11,905.7 billion net buy in the negotiated market. The largest foreign net sells in the regular market were recorded in BMRI (IDR 436.3 billion), BUMI (IDR 82.8 billion), and TINS (IDR 76.4 billion), while the largest foreign net buys were seen in BBRI (IDR 176.7 billion), MDKA (IDR 134.4 billion), and TLKM (IDR 104.7 billion). Top leading movers were MORA, TLKM, and MAPI, while top lagging movers were BREN, DSSA, and AMMN.
This morning, both KOSPI (+4.16%) and NIKKEI (+0.98%) opened higher. Today, we anticipate the JCI to move up amid positive sentiment across regional and global markets.
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