Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Property and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Wilmar Cahaya Indonesia Tbk (JK:CEKA), which rose 16.98% or 135 points to trade at 930 at the close. Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN) added 16.50% or 17 points to end at 120 and Saratoga Investama Sedaya (JK:SRTG) was up 15.73% or 530 points to 3900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kedawung Setia Industrial Tbk (JK:KDSI), which lost 10.00% or 28 points to trade at 252 in late trade. Gema Grahasarana Tbk (JK:GEMA) declined 10.00% or 44 points to end at 396 and Soechi Lines Tbk (JK:SOCI) shed 9.79% or 46.00 points to 424.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 146 and 101 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.76% or 0.34 to $44.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $45.60 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1298.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.65% to 13200.0, while AUD/IDR fell 1.70% to 9886.85.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 92.15.