Indonesia stock exchange registers highest index hike
Senin, 8 Februari 2016 18:10 WIB | 403 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) has recorded a 4.48 percent hike in its composite index this year, making it the highest as compared to indexes of major stock exchanges in the world.
The exchanges president director, Tito Sulistion, noted in a press release received here on Monday that the positive performance of the IHSG index was caused by the accumulation of purchases by investors of shares, with high capitalization, that had a significant effect on the IHSG coefficient.
"At present, some 20 big companies are listed on the BEI that control 60 percent of IHSGs market capitalization," he pointed out.
He explained that the hike in the IHSG had led the Indonesian share markets capitalization to reach Rp5,094.26 trillion, or an increase of 4.54 percent, compared to Rp4,872.70 trillion recorded at the end of 2015.
The total market capitalization is the cost of all shares of companies listed on the BEI.
Of the several stock exchanges in the world, with the exception of Thailand, only 1.31 percent were able to record positive growth this year.
Among the stock exchange indexes that have recorded negative performance are the Bursa Malaysia Index, Kospi Index of South Korea, the Philippines PSE Index, Britains FTSE 100, Indias S&P Sensex Index, US Dow Jones Index, Singapores Straight Times Index, Japans Nikkei 225, Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index, and Shanghai Index.
Sulistio revealed his plan to continue to adopt initiatives to attract more investors to invest in the Indonesian capital market.
He said the initiatives to be adopted by the BEI would be focused on four key areas encompassing BEIs development by increasing the number of issuers, strengthening the brokers, increasing the number of investors, and improving BEIs reputation.
"One of the initiatives that has been realized by the BEI this week is the reactivation of futures trading and the LQ-45 Futures Option on Monday (Feb. 1)," he added.(*)
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Chinese flock to Bali celebrating new year
Senin, 8 Februari 2016 18:28 WIB | 438 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Thousands of Chinese have flocked to Bali to cerebrate Chinese new year using chartered flights of a number of airlines including Garuda Indonesia
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said here on Monday at least 65 chartered flights carrying 23,000 Chinese from 11 cities in China had landed on Bali.
"It seems Bali has become the favorite destination of Chinese tourists . More than 114 million Chinese travel abroad every year," Arief said.
Other airlines carrying Chinese to Bali on chartered flights include HongKong Airlines, Shenzen airlines, Air Asia, China Southern, China Eastern, Dragon Air, Cathay Paciific, Eva Air, Singapore Airlines, Brunai Air, etc.
Arief said the airlines could serve to promote Bali in China.
"They speak good things about Bali, its beauty and generosity of its people, " he said.
He attributed the success in luring Chinese to Bali to intensive advertising, and sales by a marketing team of the tourism ministry.
He said he had instructed the provision of 6,000 souvenirs for the tourists and facilities to entertain the visitors.
The tourism ministry has launched promotion campaigns to attract Chinese to cerebrate Chinese new year in Bali since early January.
"Winter in northern China including Beijing and the province of Heilongjiang is extreme 15 degree Celsius below zero prompting people from that region to leave for warm place and choose Bali to celebrate the new year," he said.
In 2016, the tourism ministry sets the target for foreign visitors to Bali at 1.7 million . In February alone the target is set at 200,000 visitors.
"China is a potential market , a big market. Therefore it needs special handling," Arief said.
Arief said currently only 1.14 million Chinese tourists visit Indonesia a year far smaller than 8 million to Thailand.
"We have been lagging too far behind . If they are so interested in visiting Thailand , they should be more so in Indonesia," he said, adding Indonesia needs only to intensify promotion.
Generally Chinese tourist like beach resorts and shopping, he said.(*)
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