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Jakarta shares plunge after downgrade shock

Bangkok Post16 October 2026, 12:36 UTCIndonesia

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s stock market is no longer worthy of “emerging market” status, MSCI said ‌on Friday, laying out a plan to remove it from a series of indexes tracked by investment funds, a shock move that sparked the steepest one-day drop in Jakarta shares since 1998.

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