Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Indonesia's benchmark stock index rose in the opening trade on Tuesday to follow the regional trend.
The index of the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) opened 0.28 percent higher at 4,112.63 points with the index of 45 most liquid stocks up 0.46 percent to 681.95 points.
"Positive sentiment from the global market put the BEI index in a positive area after a dive in previous days' closing," Trust Securities' chief researcher Reza Priyambada said.
Regional stocks including BEI index gained on improved Chinese manufactured data and South Korean trade balance.
The improvement recorded by China and South Korea helped offset the negative sentiment brought about by report of imminent US attack on Syria.
The BEI gain also was driven by positive domestic sentiment with inflation lower than expected at 1.2--1.3 percent in August.
However, the country's trade deficit in July was worse than expectation putting a brake on upward movement of the BEI index.
"Therefore, the BEI index is expected to hover around 4,039-4,184 points today," Reza said here on Tuesday. (*/DWA)
