The positive movement in commodity prices was the driving force behind the strengthening of the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) at the opening of trading on Friday (7/5) by 17.09 points.

"The Indonesia Stock Exchange has the potential to strengthen today, supported by positive movements in commodity prices and sentiment from US economic data," said a research company at PT Samuel Sekuritas in Jakarta.

The JCI at the opening of trading on Friday opened up 17.09 points (0.29%) to the position of 5,987.33.

Meanwhile, the leading stock index or the LQ45 index rose 4.66 points (0.52%) to 893.61.