BBCA Leads Foreign Buying as IDX Ends Eight-Day Net Selling Streak
Foreign investors bought a net Rp257.74 billion of shares in the Indonesia Stock Exchange's regular market on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, reversing eight days of net selling. Bank Central Asia (BBCA) attracted the largest net purchase, at Rp1.17 trillion.
Foreign flows turn positive
The regular-market inflow followed net foreign selling of Rp708.88 billion on Tuesday, according to IDNFinancials. Both purchases and sales declined on Wednesday: foreign buying totaled Rp5.83 trillion, down from Rp6.58 trillion, while selling fell to Rp5.57 trillion from Rp7.29 trillion.
Across all markets, foreign investors were net buyers of Rp665.2 billion, according to IDX data reported by investor.id. That brought their year-to-date net selling down to Rp96.7 trillion.
BBCA tops purchases; state-owned stocks lead sales
BBCA's Rp1.17 trillion in net foreign buying represented 230 million shares in the regular market. The next-largest net purchase was Apollo Global Interactive (BOGA), at Rp61.8 billion and approximately 35.29 million shares.
Astra International (ASII) drew net buying of Rp53.3 billion, representing 10.69 million shares. GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO) followed at Rp49.2 billion, with a net volume of 2.04 billion shares. Darma Henwa (DEWA) completed the top five with Rp43.7 billion and approximately 190 million shares.
State-owned companies occupied the first three places among regular-market net sales. Telkom Indonesia (TLKM) led with Rp430.1 billion, representing 210 million shares. Bank Mandiri (BMRI) followed at Rp276.5 billion and 72.55 million shares, while Bank Negara Indonesia (BBNI) registered almost Rp85.9 billion and 25.90 million shares.
The remaining two names among the five largest net sales were Adaro Andalan Indonesia (AADI), at Rp60.1 billion and 5.16 million shares, and Chandra Asri Pacific (TPIA), at Rp48.6 billion and 35.36 million shares.
JCI rises despite more stocks falling
The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) gained 16.18 points, or 0.31%, to close at 5,282.3, according to IDX data reported by investor.id. Declining stocks outnumbered gainers, with 429 falling, 281 rising and 253 unchanged. Total exchange trading value reached Rp15.7 trillion.
Investor.id reported gains in three sectors: healthcare rose 1.7%, finance added 0.8% and transportation increased 0.3%. Infrastructure declined 2.1%, while energy lost 1.3%.