Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) started trading this morning with the composite share price index down 3.40 points.

The BEI index fell 0.08 percent to 4,305.45 points with index of 45 most liquid stocks down 0.12 percent to 735.01 points.

PT Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia`s analyst Yualdo Yudoprawiro predicted to hover around 4,325 points today .

Yualdo said banking stocks such as Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Bank Central Asia and state telecommunications company PT Telkom, are expected to rebound after sharp fall last week.

Share prices in global market such as the US market closed lower last weekend trading on indecision over fiscal cliff.

Meanwhile, US data moved mixed with inflation in November higher than expected, while manufacturing output hit two years peak.

The Asian markets on Monday morning weakened to follow the trend in US market. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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