Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Agriculture and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Jakarta Kyoei Steel Works Tbk (JK:JKSW), which rose 35.00% or 21 points to trade at 81 at the close. Bank Qnb Indonesia Tbk (JK:BKSW) added 25.00% or 90 points to end at 450 and Victoria Investama Tbk (JK:VICO) was up 24.79% or 58 points to 292 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tunas Alfin Tbk (JK:TALF), which lost 18.50% or 64 points to trade at 282 in late trade. Metro Realty Tbk (JK:MTSM) declined 11.63% or 40 points to end at 304 and Nipress Tbk (JK:NIPS) shed 11.06% or 52 points to 418.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 140 and 122 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.79% or 0.35 to $44.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $46.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 2.94 to trade at $1210.26 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.05% to 13392.2, while AUD/IDR unchanged 0.00% to 10192.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.88.