The U.S. market closed lower on Friday (May 15): Dow -1.07%, S&P 500 -1.24%, and Nasdaq -1.54%. The Dow dropped over 500 points on Friday as tech stocks weakened and Treasury yields spiked after the Trump–Xi summit delivered no major policy breakthroughs. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield increased 2.49% to 4.593%, while the U.S. Dollar Index gained 0.47% to 99.28.
Commodity markets also closed mostly higher on Friday (May 15): WTI crude rose 4.20% to USD 105.42/bbl, Brent crude increased 3.35% to USD 109.26/bbl, coal gained 2.32% to USD 136.50/ton, CPO went up 0.61% to MYR 4,420/ton, and gold decreased 2.41% to USD 4,540/oz.
Asian markets closed lower on Friday (May 15): Hang Seng fell 1.62%, Nikkei fell 1.99%, and Shanghai fell 1.02%. On Wednesday (May 13), The JCI fell 1.98% to 6,723.32, with foreign net sell of IDR 1,531.3 billion, consisting of IDR 1,346.5 billion net sell in the regular market and IDR 184.8 billion net sell in the negotiated market. The largest foreign net sells in the regular market were recorded in BBRI (IDR 273.5 billion), BMRI (IDR 139.7 billion), and AMMN (IDR 123.6 billion), while the largest foreign net buys were seen in TINS (IDR 41.8 billion), PACK (IDR 31.2 billion), and TLKM (IDR 24.6 billion). Top leading movers were CPIN, BNBR, and BIPI, while top lagging movers were BBRI, TPIA, and BREN.
This morning, both the KOSPI (-3.17%) and Nikkei (-0.80%) opened lower. Today, we expect the JCI to decline amid negative sentiment from global and regional markets.
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