Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Industry, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.47% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Alakasa Industrindo Tbk (JK:ALKA), which rose 25.00% or 37 points to trade at 185 at the close. Indomobil Multi Jasa Tbk (JK:IMJS) added 18.11% or 46 points to end at 300 and Bank Pembangunan Timur Tbk (JK:BJTM) was up 15.74% or 85 points to 625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of India Indonesia Tbk (JK:BSWD), which lost 9.86% or 210 points to trade at 1920 in late trade. Batavia Prosperindo Finance (JK:BPFI) declined 9.52% or 60.00 points to end at 570.00 and Smr Utama Tbk (JK:SMRU) shed 9.35% or 20 points to 194.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 196 to 122 and 86 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.33% or 0.14 to $41.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.61% or 0.27 to hit $43.64 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.96% or 12.85 to trade at $1347.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.17% to 13101.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.23% to 9805.30.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 96.48.