JAKARTA - Good news came from foreign trade today (Monday, 31/10). The stable volume of foreign purchases and a significant decrease in foreign sales made the net foreign volume reach 759 million.
The largest foreign buy was recorded for BUMI shares from PT Bumi Resources Tbk, with 552 million shares bought. Its subsidiary, PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk, is also doing well because around 82 million BRMS shares were sold to foreign investors today.
Of the state-owned companies, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI) reported that 102 million shares were bought by foreign traders, while Pertamina's subsidiary, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk, was also in high demand, as proven by the purchase of 56 million PGAS shares. Finally, foreign investors also seemed interested in PT Darma Henwa Tbk (DEWA), after buying 64 million shares of this coal mining contractor issuer.
Despite a significant decline, the volume of shares sold by foreign investors was still topped by PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk (BIPI) with 85 million. Several other listed shares were also sold, such as 55 million shares of PT Bukalapak.com Tbk (BUKA), 47 million shares of PT Puradelta Lestari (DMAS), 34 million shares of PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk (FREN), and 31 million shares of PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk (UNVR). (KD)
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