Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Agriculture and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (JK:POLY), which rose 34.62% or 18 points to trade at 70 at the close. Wicaksana Overseas International (JK:WICO) added 28.00% or 14 points to end at 64 and Island Concepts Indonesia Tbk (JK:ICON) was up 24.83% or 72 points to 362 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Magna Finance Tbk (JK:MGNA), which lost 10.00% or 8.00 points to trade at 72.00 in late trade. Duta Pertiwi Nusantara Tbk (JK:DPNS) declined 9.82% or 44 points to end at 404 and Indorama Synthetics Tbk (JK:INDR) shed 9.09% or 105 points to 1050.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 146 and 113 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.46% or 0.24 to $51.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $54.89 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.45 to trade at $1172.05 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.67% to 13349.0, while AUD/IDR fell 1.06% to 9935.90.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 100.18.