Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Trade and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Mnc Land Tbk (JK:KPIG), which rose 24.30% or 305 points to trade at 1560 at the close. Duta Pertiwi Nusantara Tbk (JK:DPNS) added 23.43% or 82 points to end at 432 and Nusantara Inti Corpora Tbk (JK:UNIT) was up 22.29% or 39.00 points to 214.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI), which lost 9.75% or 495 points to trade at 4580 in late trade. Bumi Resources Tbk (JK:BUMI) declined 9.72% or 7 points to end at 65 and Global Teleshop Tbk (JK:GLOB) shed 9.70% or 49 points to 456.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 133 and 94 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.26% or 0.63 to $50.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.13% or 0.57 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.65 to trade at $1266.85 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.08% to 13267.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.78% to 9975.20.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 93.83.