Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Financials and Miscellaneous Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite declined 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk (JK:MASA), which rose 21.93% or 50 points to trade at 278 at the close. Yanaprima Hastapersada Tbk (JK:YPAS) added 20.87% or 120 points to end at 695 and Indo Kordsa Tbk (JK:BRAM) was up 19.83% or 1150 points to 6950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk (JK:LCGP), which lost 10.00% or 19 points to trade at 171 in late trade. Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN) declined 9.94% or 17 points to end at 154 and Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) shed 9.90% or 10 points to 91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 218 to 99 and 81 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.14 to $44.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 2.12% or 27.05 to trade at $1301.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.86% to 13160.0, while AUD/IDR fell 1.45% to 10007.70.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 97.47.