Sejalan dengan sebagian besar pasar saham dan mata uang di Asia Tenggara, kinerja Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan (IHSG) Indonesia serta rupiah agak datar dengan kecenderungan melemah sedikit pada hari Selasa (17/02). Kebanyakan investor tampaknya menahan diri sebelum perayaan Imlek pada hari Kamis 19 Februari. Selain itu, pelaku pasar di Indonesia sedang menunggu keputusan suku bunga (BI rate) dari Bank Indonesia hari ini. Sementara itu, gagal pembicaraan antara Yunani dan kreditornya pada Senin merusak sentimen di Asia.

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HM Sampoerna, Indonesia's largest tobacco producer by market capitalization (controlling about 23 percent of the Indonesian tobacco market), plans to increase its free-float shares by 5.68 percent (valued at USD $1.27 billion) in order to meet the minimum free float requirement of 7.5 percent set by the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in a regulation introduced in January 2014 and which will come into effect on 30 January 2016. By this date all listed companies on the IDX must have a minimum free float of 7.5 percent.

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Indonesia posted a USD $709.4 million trade surplus in January 2015 according to the latest data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) released on Monday (16/02). Although the surplus is higher than expected and thus has a positive impact on the country’s trade and current account balances, the data also indicated that exports fell 8.09 percent year-on-year (y/y) to USD $13.30 billion signalling continued weakening global demand for Indonesian exports. Meanwhile, Indonesian imports shrank by 15.6 percent (y/y) to USD $12.59 billion.

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Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, said that a diplomatic fallout may occur between Australia and Indonesia if the latter sticks to its plan to execute two Australian citizens who are on death row in Indonesia on drug charges. On several occasions the Australian government requested for clemency but these requests were rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Widodo takes a tough stance on drug-related crimes as the spread of forbidden substances jeopardizes people’s health in Indonesia.

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