JAKARTA: Indonesian stocks rallied to a one-year high on Thursday after most unofficial tallies showed Jakarta governor Joko Widodo ahead of ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a closely fought race to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Both candidates declared victory on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in the tightest and most divisive presidential election since the downfall of dictator Suharto in 1998.

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