The principal Indonesian stock market gauge closed at a fresh record on Tuesday, supported by strong commodity stocks and global risk appetite.

Indonesia’s banking sector had a tough time in 2025 due to several challenges, mostly stemming from weaker domestic demand. A struggling middle-to-low-income class has put pressure on banks from the assets and liability side.

Indonesian government officials and an industry group have said the crisis in Venezuela has had little to no impact on the country’s economic activity so far.

Following last year’s fuel snafu, the government has decided to increase this year's import quotas for private retailers, but has not publicly announced by how much.

US big oil got a boost from the country's military raid at the weekend that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Inflation in 2025 reached the highest level in three years, spurred by increasing prices for various food commodities but also for gold, as the precious metal reached record highs in a world marked by uncertainty.

The US$2.66 billion surplus in November extended the country’s run of monthly surpluses to 67 consecutive months.

Tax relief is provided for employees working in five business sectors: footwear, textiles and apparel, furniture, leather and leather goods, as well as tourism.

The dumping margin for Indonesian hot-rolled deformed steel rebar was just 1.3 percent, well below the 2 percent de minimis threshold required to impose duties.

Asian stocks rose Monday on the back of a fresh rally in tech firms and oil fluctuated as investors weighed the impact of the US ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has set an ambitious IPO target for 2026 and is seeking to draw more large-cap listings after a subdued year marked by a stricter focus on listing quality.

Deputy Mining Minister Yuliot Tanjung told reporters the approval was "currently being consolidated" and declined to give an indication of the quota.

Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces on Saturday, according to US President Donald Trump, has the world's largest oil reserves.

The "Edit Image" button feature first rolled out in late December on Grok allows users to modify any image on the platform, with some users deciding to partially or completely remove clothing from women or children in pictures, according to complaints.

From the unravelling of eFishery saga to corruption probes ensnaring venture capital executives tied to state-backed funding at TaniHub, the year stripped the gloss from Southeast Asia’s most coveted start-up market.

S&P Global's latest manufacturing PMI report showed the December reading slipped 2.1 points to 51.2 from the previous month, though it noted that surveyed firms anticipated a pickup in demand in the new year.

The bourse has marked its first trading day of 2026 on Friday with the IDX Composite rising 1.17 percent to 8,748.13 points.

The injections are part of Rp 276 trillion in government deposits redirected from the government’s accounts at Bank Indonesia (BI) in September and November to support liquidity at state-owned banks.

Stocks began 2026 on a positive note in holiday-thinned trade as investors braced for a year set to test the AI-led rally, usher in a change of guard at the Federal Reserve and potentially more market turbulence under Donald Trump's presidency.

Pertamina made its first purchase of crude oil produced by a community-managed operation in Jambi, since a 2025 ministerial regulation was enacted to formalize previously illegal small-scale operators.

Despite a slowdown in the first nine months of 2025, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa says Indonesia’s economy could outpace the government’s own budget assumption.

China's economy is expected to have grown "around 5 percent" in 2025, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, despite "pressure" during a year he described as "very unusual", state media reported.

Taiwanese tech titan TSMC has started mass producing its cutting-edge 2-nanometer semiconductor chips, the company said in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday.

The IDX Composite index inched up on Tuesday, the last trading day of 2025, to close the year at 8,646.94 points, which marks a 20.71 percent year-to-date (ytd) gain.  

The US dollar held steady on Wednesday but was headed for its biggest annual drop since 2017 as interest rate cuts, fiscal worries and erratic trade policies under US President Donald Trump cast a shadow on currency markets in 2025.

The Indonesian bourse recorded a 22.1 percent gain since the start of the year to rank third in performance among Southeast Asia’s equity markets, and outlooks by leading financial research firms point to continuing resilience in 2026.

The coal industry is bracing for heightened uncertainty and margin pressure following the introduction of a new price reference system that industry players warn will complicate pricing and erode Indonesia's export competitiveness.