Coin Bureau|Oct 16, 2026 11:49
JUST IN: ๐ฎ๐ฉIndonesiaโs stock market wiped out $60,000,000,000 today, its worst day in 28 years.
The Jakarta Composite closed down 11.57% at 5,185, a level not seen in almost 26 years.
The last bigger daily drop came during the 1998 Asian financial crisis, when a collapsing rupiah drove up foreign debt costs and deepened a banking crisis.
The index is now down about 40% this year.
The fall comes amid MSCI proposing to strip Indonesia of emerging-market status over opaque ownership, suspected coordinated trading and weak enforcement.
That could force funds tracking its global indices to sell Indonesian stocks.
UBS estimates around $4 BILLION in passive outflows, with active investors potentially withdrawing another $15 BILLION.
The downgrade is still pending, with a final decision due by June 2027.
The rout comes as South Koreaโs KOSPI fell -14.46% this week, its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis.
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