Jakarta Index Down

Jakarta, April 25 (Antara) - The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) opened trade on Thursday with composite index down on lack of positive sentiment on the domestic market. The BEI index fell 9.10 points or 0.18 percent to 5,002.50 points with index of 45 most liquid stocks down 0.27 percent to 848.38 points. "The BEI index weakened with minimum positive sentiment in the domestic share market," Samuel Sekuritas` analyst Benedictus Agung said here on Thursday. Shares that rose in price on Wednesday such as those of banks and consumer goods companies would likely shrink on Thursday on profit taking , he said. HD Capital`s analyst Yuganur Wijanarko said profit taking would make it difficult for BEI index to rise at least for the time being. "BEI index is expected to hover around 4,940-5,026 points," Yuganur said. Regional markets Hang Seng recorded an increase of 0.27 percent in index to 22,242.78 points, with Nikkei-225 up 0.16 percent to 13,865.84 points and , Straits Times down 0.26 percent to 3,314.19 points .