The rupiah fell 10 points from the previous day`s close of Rp9,180 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market.
Money market observer Johanes Ginting of Monex Investindo Futures said on Wednesday the rupiah came under pressure after the dollar gained a boost from the good US job data in the private sector.
In addition, the US manufacturing index rose to 54.8 in April from 53.4 a month earlier.
"The US manufacturing data unexpectedly showed an increase of manufacturing activities last month," he said.
This prompted market players to place their assets in the dollar they had abandoned for a quite long time due to the slow economic recovery, he said.
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