Jakarta - The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) on Thursday (19/8) has the potential to experience pressure by moving around the support range of 5,996 and resistance at 6,178.

PT Indosurya Bersinar Sekuritas CEO William Surya Wijaya said that the economic slowdown, which is expected to continue to impact companies' performance, overshadow the index movement.

"In the long term, it is still visible that economic recovery will occur sooner or later," he said in his research in Jakarta.

In today's trading, the stocks that deserve attention include UNVR, HMSP, TLKM, WIKA, BBCA, ICBP, INDF.