Indonesia’s economy grew slightly faster than expected during the third quarter but exports looked set to exert an ongoing drag on the country’s economy in the year ahead, The Financial Times reports. Indonesia’s GDP expanded 5.17 per cent in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Monday, compared with a 5.15 per cent expansion expected in a Reuters poll and the second quarter’s 5.27 per cent. The April-June quarter pace was the fastest since late 2013. Indonesian stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Industry sectors led shares higher. At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index gained 0.24 per cent to hit a new 1-month high, Investing reports.