Nusa Market
Understand the Market
Plain-language explainers. They explain the words — they never say what to buy.
What is IDX?
The Indonesia Stock Exchange — the one marketplace where shares of Indonesian public companies are traded.
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The Jakarta Composite Index — one number that summarises how the shares on the IDX moved.
Read the explainerWhat is market capitalization?
The total value the market puts on a company: its share price multiplied by its number of shares.
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Price-to-earnings: how many rupiah the market pays for each rupiah of a company's yearly profit.
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Earnings per share: a company's profit divided by its number of shares.
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A share of a company's profit paid out to its shareholders.
Read the explainerWhat is volume?
How many shares changed hands in a period — a measure of activity, not of direction.
Read the explainerWhat is a sector?
A group of companies in the same line of business, as classified by the exchange.
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