The U.S. market closed lower on Thursday (Apr 23): Dow -0.36%, S&P 500 -0.41%, and Nasdaq -0.89%. Stocks dropped as rising oil prices and escalating Iran tensions fueled investor uncertainty, leading to a sell-off in software stocks. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield increased 0.51% to 4.324%, while the U.S. Dollar Index gained 0.18% to 98.77.
Commodity markets also closed mostly higher on Thursday (Apr 23): WTI crude rose 3.11% to USD 95.85/bbl, Brent crude increased 3.10% to USD 105.07/bbl, coal gained 1.06% to USD 129.10/ton, CPO went up 1.53% to MYR 4,579/ton, and gold decreased 0.97% to USD 4,694/oz.
Asian markets closed lower on Thursday (Apr 23): Hang Seng fell 0.95%, Nikkei fell 0.75%, and Shanghai fell 0.32%. The JCI fell 2.16% to 7,378.61, with foreign net sell of IDR 978.7 billion; IDR -1,364.5 billion in the regular market, and IDR 385.8 billion in the negotiated market. The largest foreign outflow in the regular market was recorded by BBRI (IDR 632.6 billion), followed by BMRI (IDR 304 billion), and ASII (IDR 117.6 billion). The largest foreign inflow in the regular market was recorded by MEDC (IDR 147.2 billion), followed by BBNI (IDR 109.8 billion), and ENRG (IDR 105.8 billion). Top leading movers are ENRG, MEDC, ESSA, while top lagging movers are DSSA, BREN, BBRI.
This morning, the KOSPI opened lower (-0.08%), while the Nikkei opened higher (+0.60%). Today, we anticipate the JCI to move sideways amid mixed sentiments across regional and global markets.
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