1.   A weaker currency boosts the burden of foreign debt and erodes the value of Indonesian stocks for foreign investors in their home currency terms.

2.   Changes in the index cause major swings in Indonesian stocks, at least for the short term.

3.   In Manila, Philippine stocks fell to seven-month lows and Indonesian stocks plunged to their lowest since late May.

4.   In Jakarta, INDONESIAN stocks were little changed as a fall at market bellwether PT Telkom was balanced by gains at Gudang Garam and Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia.

5.   Indonesian stocks also rose.

6.   Indonesian stocks and the rupiah also fell.

7.   Indonesian stocks closed little changed, after the government announced a package of reforms that included the closure of sixteen insolvent banks.

8.   Indonesian stocks fell as investors braced for an expected rise in corporate defaults and bad debt at banks in the wake of the August devaluation of the rupiah.

9.   Indonesian stocks fell for a third day, led by banks, as investors opted to escape the twin menace of high interest rates and a weakening rupiah.

10.   Indonesian stocks fell for the first time in five days after the central bank cut key money market rates, raising concern the rupiah may weaken.