JAKARTA – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) closed down by 0.32% at the end of the second trading session on Thursday (24/4), weighed down by weaker performance from large-cap stocks in the energy, basic chemicals, and banking industries.

At 16:00 local time, JCI stood at 6,613.48, down from the opening level of 6,671.07 at 09:00. The index reached an intraday high of 6,697.90 at 10:00 and hit a low of 6,585.46 by 15:15.

The drop in JCI followed a broad decline in shares of several large-cap companies. PT Barito Renewables Energy Tbk (BREN) fell 1.64% to IDR 6,000, PT Chandra Asri Tbk (TPIA) dropped 3.45% to IDR 7,700, and PT Barito Pacific Tbk (BRPT) declined 1.29% to IDR 765 per share.

Banking stocks also suffered losses. Shares of PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BBCA) slid 2.87% to IDR 8,475, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI) dipped 0.80% to IDR 3,730, and PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk (BMRI) fell 0.20% to IDR 4,890.

Elsewhere in Asia, the Hang Seng Index declined 0.74% to 21,909.76, while the Shanghai Index edged up 0.028% to 3,297.29 points. (LK/ZH)