On Friday, MSCI said Indonesia's stock market no longer merits emerging-market status and proposed downgrading it to “standalone” status, which would exclude its stocks from global indexes tracked by passive funds. The move sent the benchmark index down 11% to a six-year low, its steepest one-day drop since 1998, while the rupiah slid 0.6% to 18,070 per US dollar. MSCI cited “significant concerns” over market dysfunction and insufficient reform progress, and UBS estimated passive outflows of about $4 billion, with active investors potentially adding $15 billion more. MSCI will consult market participants until April 2027 before reclassifying Indonesia unless it sees clear improvement in governance, and Indonesian officials questioned the timing and basis of the decision.
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