PT Bursa Efek Indonesia temporarily suspended trading of the securities of PT Akbar Indo Makmur Stimec Tbk (AIMS) and PT Bank MNC Internasional Tbk (BABP, BABP-W3 and BABP-W4) today (5/3).

"This decision is in connection with the significant increase in cumulative prices on the shares of Akbar Indo and MNC Bank and their warrants," said Head of the IDX Transaction Supervision Division, Lidia M. Panjaitan, in the IDX disclosure on Friday (5/3).

According to him, the objective of the suspension is to cool down the stock trading.

Suspensions are in the regular market and the cash market to provide adequate time for market players to carefully consider based on the information available in any investment decision making.

"Interested parties are expected to always pay attention to the disclosure of information conveyed by the company," she said.