Foreign investors returned to buying local stocks on Wednesday (Nov 14), while domestic investors opted to lock in profits and so the composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) closed off its high. IDX ended up 0.4% at 5858, cutting earlier gain of 1.06%. Foreign investors booked a net buy of Rp530.77 billion yesterday, cutting year-to-date net sell to Rp48.1 trillion.

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