Indonesia's IHSG falls 2.00% as infrastructure shares slide
Infrastructure stocks dropped 5.8%, while technology and energy shares also weighed on the benchmark during afternoon trading.
Indonesia's benchmark IHSG share index lost 107.60 points, or 2.00%, to reach 5,265.50 at 14:29 WIB on 27 October 2026, as selling intensified during the afternoon session.
Refinitiv data showed infrastructure leading the sector declines with a 5.8% fall. Technology shares dropped 2.9% and energy stocks retreated 2.2%. Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Telkom Indonesia, Bank Mandiri, Barito Renewables Energy and Bayan Resources were among the stocks weighing on the benchmark.
The index opened at 5,357.97, below its previous close, before briefly recovering to an intraday high of 5,418.14. It turned lower before 10:00 WIB and later touched a session low of 5,264.
Trading volume stood at 215.64 million lots, with turnover reaching Rp8,422.18 billion.
Separately, the Indonesia Stock Exchange is preparing tighter market oversight measures, including fewer share suspensions, freezes on securities accounts suspected of violations and stronger investigations into suspicious trading. It also plans to reduce its use of Unusual Market Activity announcements as an initial surveillance step.
The committee assessing stocks with High Shareholding Concentration (HSC) has been expanded to nine members, including five independent external members. HSC-category stocks will be excluded from the IHSG calculation from 2 November 2026, alongside changes to the index review schedule.
