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Jakarta (ANTARA) - Composite Stock Price Index (JCI) Stock Exchange (JSX), Wednesday, closed down 19.547 points gained to create new record highs.

Jakarta Composite Index closed up 0.66 points to 2981.056 and LQ45 eminent group shares rose 45 points, or 0.59 percent 3.411 to 577.441 position.

These conditions have pushed the stock trading at BEI dominated the ride as much as 130 compared to a drop 87, while 72 did not change the price.

Analyst Sucorinvest Central, Gani Gifar Indra Sakti in Jakarta said that the achievement of new record highs BEI index was driven by positive stock Astra group and share of infrastructure sector, as well as external factors sentiments of regional exchanges are also high strength.

"In addition, macroeconomic Indonesia has also indicated a positive trend," he added.

However, he continued, to worry about is profit-taking or "profit taking". If there is an act of "profit taking" will affect the index, he said.

Wednesday while the entire trade volume reached 4.279 billion shares with a value Rp3, 502 trillion from the 96 209 times the transaction.

Meanwhile in Asia a few exchanges of positive moves, such as the Hang Seng index rose 129.75 points (0.64 percent) to a level of 20 560, Nikkei-225 rose 258.01 points (2.71 percent) to 9795 levels, and the Straits Times also strengthened the position of 24.11 in 2952.