
Banks: PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ), the nation’s second-largest bank by assets, fell 1.4 percent to 10,350 rupiah and PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BBNI IJ), the third-largest state- run bank, declined 1.9 percent to 3,800 rupiah.
December inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in 20 months, putting pressure on the central bank to raise borrowing costs. Consumer prices rose 6.96 percent last month from a year earlier, Indonesia’s central statistics office said today.
Coal producers: PT Bumi Resources (BUMI IJ), Asia’s biggest exporter of power-station coal, rose 3.3 percent to 3,125 rupiah, the highest close since Dec. 8. PT Adaro Energy (ADRO IJ), the nation’s second-biggest coal producer, advanced 4.9 percent to 2,675 rupiah. Power-station coal prices at Australia’s Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, rose 3 percent to $128.50 a metric ton in the week ended Dec. 31.
Oil companies: PT Medco Energi Internasional (MEDC IJ), Indonesia’s biggest listed oil company, advanced 2.2 percent to 3,450 rupiah and PT Benakat Petroleum Energy (BIPI IJ) rose 2.9 percent to 105 rupiah. Crude oil for February delivery gained 1.7 percent to $91.38 a barrel in New York on Dec. 31, the highest year-end price since 2007. The contract was at $91.71 a barrel in after-hours trading in New York.
PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI IJ), the nation’s largest listed plantation company, climbed 2.3 percent to 26,800 rupiah, advancing for a fifth day. Palm oil futures climbed 1.8 percent to 3,856 ringgit ($1,259) a metric ton in Kuala Lumpur. Astra Agro plants only oil palm trees.
PT Bhakti Investama (BHIT IJ), an investment company, jumped 6.8 percent to 174 rupiah, its biggest gain since Dec. 10. Bhakti said it sold a 12 percent stake in toll-road operator PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada (CMNP IJ) at 2,100 rupiah a share. That’s more than Citra Marga’s last closing price of 1,360 rupiah. Citra Marga advanced 3.7 percent to 1,410 rupiah
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (TPIA IJ), an Indonesian petrochemical company, surged 10 percent to 3,775 rupiah, closing at a record. Chandra Asri said it plans to build a butadiene plant in Indonesia with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons at an estimated cost of $100 million.
To contact the reporter on this story: Berni Moestafa in Jakarta
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