Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Mining and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Gunawan Dianjaya Steel Tbk (JK:GDST), which rose 30.30% or 30 points to trade at 129 at the close. Indorama Synthetics Tbk (JK:INDR) added 24.90% or 300 points to end at 1505 and PT Dafam Property Indonesia Tbk (JK:DFAM) was up 24.43% or 64 points to 326 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sunson Textile Manufacturer (JK:SSTM), which lost 24.73% or 136 points to trade at 414 in late trade. Smr Utama Tbk (JK:SMRU) declined 14.14% or 82 points to end at 498 and Ultra Jaya Milk Industry Tbk (JK:ULTJ) shed 14.09% or 210 points to 1280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 177 and 92 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.19 to $67.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.80 to trade at $1311.60 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.23% to 13951.8, while AUD/IDR rose 0.98% to 10526.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.22.