After closing last week with a gain of 0.93%, US Index will take a break, as well as the other global exchanges for the Christmas holidays. The absence of market direction has caused the market may pay attention to global issues. The Russia-Ukraine war will enter a new chapter, with Putin opening up the possibility of negotiations after Ukraine received US1.85 billion in war aid, including Patriot missiles. Moreover, the Elliot Winter Storm crippled the electricity supply for households and businesses in the US, even taking the lives of 30 people due to cold temperatures. Besides that, covid cases in China soared by 1 million new cases daily in the Zhejiang region, a large industrial city near Shanghai. The case number is predicted to double soon in the 2023 new year.

Corporate Bonds
TINS: Injecting Subsidiary’s Capital. PT Timah Tbk (TINS) has made additional capital to the company’s subsidiary that engaged in the property sector, PT Timah Karya Persada Properti, in the amount of IDR74.9 billion. The additional capital is in the form of land owned by the company, which is located in Mustikasari, Mustika Jaya, Bekasi City, West Java, with a total area of 93,740 square meters. (Emiten News)

Domestic Issue
The Government is Ready to Build IKN. The Government is ready to build the New National Capital City (IKN) of Nusantara up to 2045; in other words, it continued after President Joko Widodo stepped down. A long-term map to support this plan has been prepared in five stages, which include: infrastructure development, housing, State Civil Apparatus (ASN) transfer, Indonesian Army and Police, as well as increasing the investment and strengthening six industrial clusters and two enabling clusters, which are the focus of the IKN Area development. (Detik Finance)

Recommendation
The lack of sentiment from regional markets will cause the market participants to pay close attention to the domestic market. At the same time, there will be no more monetary policy for the rest of the year. For a while, JCI maintained at Support 6790, and market participants should also pay attention to Resistance 6825, which is crucial enough to pave the way for further strengthening towards 6960-7000. NHKSI predicts that the first day of trading after Christmas will be slow and tend to be quiet. Therefore, it will remain Sideways. NHKSI advise traders/investors to Wait & See in await for a more solid Resistance breakout.

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