Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Basic Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN), which rose 20.83% or 25 points to trade at 145 at the close. Sekar Bumi Tbk (JK:SKBM) added 16.18% or 78 points to end at 560 and Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) was up 14.78% or 34 points to 264 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Securities Tbk (JK:RELI), which lost 10.00% or 44 points to trade at 396 in late trade. Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM) declined 10.00% or 250 points to end at 2250 and Bentoel International Investama (JK:RMBA) shed 9.64% or 48 points to 450.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 113 and 92 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.14% or 0.06 to $43.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.96 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.85% or 11.00 to trade at $1280.80 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.25% to 13311.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.08% to 9938.60.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 93.22.