JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Minister of health, Terawan Agus Hadiputranto, said his office is waiting for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration before holding a mass vaccination for the COVID-19 vaccine. As reported, Indonesia officially received 1.2 million doses of prospective vaccine candidates from Sinovac.
Currently, the government in the process a road map for vaccine distribution and the priority groups for the vaccine recipients. He announced, the first who will be targeted are health workers, assistant health workers, and support personnel who work at Health Service Facilities.
From United States (US), this week, the Congress will vote on a one-week stopgap funding bill on the COVID-19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The virus has killed 282,000 people in the US, thrown millions out of work and crippled businesses.
In Asia, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured that Beijing remained committed to the Phase 1 trade deal with Washington. As of October, Beijing’ purchases of US goods specified in the Phase 1 deal, at $75.5 billion, were about half of the level they should be on a pro-rated annual basis.
Wang noted that vice premier, Liu He, would lead the Phase 2 negotiations. Its expecting, the world’ two largest economies would start the negotiations after US President-elect, Joe Biden, takes office on Jan. 20, 2021.
From Europe, the British Retail Consortium reported retail sales growth slowed to 0.9 percent in November from 4.9 percent in October, the weakest spending growth since a 5.9 percent fall in May. Online retail and stores rose by 7.7 percent compared with a year earlier, the biggest gain since June.
On Monday, Indonesian Rupiah stayed at 14,105 and the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) soared 2.07 percent to the level of 5,930.7 compared to prior day. The analysts rated the currency fluctuation and commodity prices will give influences to the financial markets today.
With the various information, they expecting the Rupiah will move between 14,100 - 14,110 and JCI in the range 5,855 - 6,000. A number of shares to be watch for today are PT Bukit Asam Tbk (IDX: PTBA), PT Adaro Indonesia Tbk (IDX: ADRO), PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (IDX: ANTM).
Then, PT Kimia Farma Tbk (IDX: KAEF), PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk (IDX: TLKM), PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (IDX: BBRI), PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (IDX: BBCA), PT Indika Energy Tbk (IDX: INDY, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk (IDX: UNVR), and PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (IDX: PGAS) stocks.
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