Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Miscellaneous Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Destinasi Tirta Nusantara Tbk (JK:PDES), which rose 34.40% or 43 points to trade at 168 at the close. Trada Maritime Tbk (JK:TRAM) added 34.38% or 66 points to end at 258 and Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (JK:AISA) was up 23.81% or 375 points to 1950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indo Straits Tbk (JK:PTIS), which lost 25.00% or 200 points to trade at 600 in late trade. Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK) declined 24.84% or 385 points to end at 1165 and Inti Kapuas Arowana Tbk (JK:IIKP) shed 16.56% or 530.00 points to 2670.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 164 to 145 and 107 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.28% or 0.15 to $52.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1211.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.19% to 13379.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.82% to 10098.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.69.