SINGAPORE: Indonesian stocks slid on Monday, weighed down by a selloff in commodities, after a tumultuous week during which a warning from MSCI over transparency concerns triggered an US$80 billion market rout and the country's top financial regulators resigned.
The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index fell over 5% after sliding nearly 7% last week, its steepest drop in a year, as a sharp decline in precious metals hurt investor sentiment that was already on eggshells.
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