Global Market Highlight
DJIA slipped by -0.23% on Friday (17/07) althoughfollowed by the strengthening on S&P 500 (+0.28%) and Nasdaq (+0.28%). The various movement occurred despite additional cases of new Covid-19 infections continues to increase in various states but news of the latest development of Covid-19 vaccine candidates whose numbers continue to grow and show positive results helped boost investor risk appetite. Meanwhile the Fed will reportedly continue to purchase financial assets at a rate of USD120 billion per month and is currently reviewing monetary policy in addition to quantitative easing (QE) to inject liquidity into the economy and keep borrowing costs low for a fairly long period of time. Moreover, the market will look forward to several data releases today, such as: 1) China Loan Prime Rate; 2) Japan Balance of Trade; 3) Hong Kong Unemployment Rate.
Domestic Updates
Indonesia's Foreign Debt was recorded at USD404.7 billion at the end of May 2020 which according to BI remained under control with a healthy structure. Indonesia's external debt consisting of public sector (Government and Central Bank) of USD194.9 billion and private sector (including SOEs) of USD209.9 billion. Indonesia's external debt grew 4.8% YoY, higher than the 2.9% YoY growth in April 2020, influenced by net external debt withdrawals, both government and private external debt. In addition, the strengthening of the Rupiah against the US dollar also contributed to an increase in Rupiah-denominated foreign debt.
Company News
IHSG Updates
JCI decreased by -0.37% to 5,079.59 on Friday (17/07)followed by net foreign sell reaching IDR400.53 billion. These weakening occurred amid various movements of the global and regional Asia indices. Although BI has took the accommodative step of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points. In total this year the Indonesian monetary authority has cut its benchmark interest rate by 100 bps. The incline on the Covid-19 cases potentially hampered the index movement as of yesterday there are 1,639 new Covid-19 cases making the total reach 86,521 cases in Indonesia. We estimate JCI will move in the range of 5,022-5,111 while waiting for Loan Growth data release. Today's recommendation: BBCA, ANTM, WIKA, ICBP.
Corporate Action
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