MNCS Morning Navigator
13 July 2020
Global Market Highlight
DJIA climbed +1.44% on Friday (11/07) followed by S&P 500 (+1.05%) and Nasdaq (+0.66%). Stock market gains after big tech rally as potential Covid-19 treatment increased hope for an economic recovery. Gilead Sciences said its remdesivir, showed an improvement in clinical recovery and a 62% reduction in the risk of mortality compared with standard care. Furthermore, earnings season is set to kick off this week with big banks and others reporting their quarterly results. According to Refinitiv data, corporate earnings are expected to fall by 44% in the 2Q20E, which would be the biggest drop in quarterly earnings since the fourth quarter of 2008. Moreover, the market will look forward to several data releases today, such as: 1) US Fed William Speech; 2) Japan Tertiary Industry Index; 3) China FDI per June-2020.
Domestic Updates
BI stated that inflation was at a low and controlled level. Based on the Price Monitoring Survey in the second week of July 2020, inflation in July 2020 is estimated at 0.04% MoM. With these developments, the July 2020 inflation forecast was 1.13% YTD/1.69% YoY. Bank Indonesia will continue to strengthen coordination with the Government and relevant authorities to closely monitor the dynamics of the spread of Covid-19 and its impact on the Indonesian economy from time to time, as well as further policy coordination steps that need to be taken to maintain macroeconomic and financial system stability, and sustain Indonesia's economic growth remains good and resilient.
Company News
IHSG Updates
JCI dropped by -0.43% to 5,031.26 on Friday (10/07), although followed by net foreign buy reaching IDR95.58 billion. The weakening was caused by the addition of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia which is still in an upward trend which makes the market players start to be careful due to it’s interference towards economic recovery. Moreover, Jakarta recorded a new high of adding 404 cases per day with the total 1,681 cases nationally. The number of positive patients with Covid-19 is now 75,699, Indonesia being the country with the most cases in ASEAN. Meanwhile, the Rupiah exchange rate against the USD was weakening at IDR14,435. We estimate JCI will move in the range of 5,009-5,140 while waiting for the Balance of Trade data release. Today's recommendation: CTRA, INCO, TBIG, ELSA.
Corporate Action
Cum Dividend: VINS, TBMS
RUPS: BRNA
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