Jakarta - The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) on Wednesday (5/1) opened higher by 7.8 points amid corrections in regional and global markets.

"In terms of sentiment, it is estimated that the JCI tends to be corrected today, in line with regional and global stock exchange movements," said analysts in a research note by PT Samuel Sekuritas in Jakarta.

The JCI at the opening of trading on Wednesday opened up 7.8 points (0.12%) to 6,703.17. Meanwhile, the leading stock index, LQ45, rose 1.19 points (0.13%) to 949.08.

At the close of overnight, the US market tended to weaken. The Dow Jones Index rose 0.59% due to the encouragement of the banking and industrial sectors, while the S&P 500 fell 0.06% and the Nasdaq fell 1.33%.

Some of the catalysts that US investors are paying attention to include the entry of US investors into the stock market, but this will be slightly hampered by manufacturing activity from the US, which is based on the manufacturing PMI data, which fell to 57.7 in December.

Meanwhile, in this morning's Asian markets, among others, the Kospi opened down 0.41% and the Nikkei opened down 0.07%.