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Indonesian equities are under renewed pressure, with the Jakarta Composite Index hovering just above the six thousand one hundred fifteen level after surrendering more than eighty five points across two prior sessions. Sentiment remains fragile, and traders are watching closely for any catalyst that might stabilize the index before further technical damage sets in.
Shifting to commodities, cotton futures finished Monday's session down between twelve and ninety five points, weighed down by a stronger dollar index pushing past one hundred point seven seven and crude oil slipping another one dollar and forty one cents to settle at seventy five dollars and nineteen cents a barrel. Adding to the pressure, crop progress data showed ninety two percent of the US cotton crop planted, running two percent behind the typical pace.
Meanwhile, Australian equities are offering a brighter picture heading into Tuesday's session, with the S and P slash ASX two hundred trading comfortably above the eight thousand eight hundred level. The modest recovery follows three consecutive sessions of losses, and investors are drawing some cautious encouragement from mixed overnight cues out of Wall Street, with iron-related names among the early movers to the upside.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
