India, April 25 -- The Indonesia stock market on Thursday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had picked up more than 100 points or 1.4 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just above the 7,155-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Friday.

The global forecast for the Asian markets is sift on concerns over the outlook for interest rates. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were down and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead.

The JCI finished modestly lower on Thursday following losses from the financial shares, resource stocks and cement companies.

For the day, the index shed 19.24 points or 0.27 percent to finish at 7,155.29 after trading between 7,132.10 and 7,177.0...