Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture, Miscellaneous Industry and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Alakasa Industrindo Tbk (JK:ALKA), which rose 25.00% or 68 points to trade at 340 at the close. Majapahit Inti Corpora Tbk PT (JK:AKSI) added 24.46% or 68 points to end at 346 and Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (JK:ANJT) was up 15.21% or 165 points to 1250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skybee Tbk PT (JK:SKYB), which lost 17.18% or 56 points to trade at 270 in late trade. Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) declined 13.56% or 24 points to end at 153 and Bank Qnb Indonesia Tbk (JK:BKSW) shed 11.11% or 20 points to 160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 158 and 146 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.36% or 0.25 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $76.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.50 to trade at $1210.90 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.24% to 14668.2, while AUD/IDR fell 0.23% to 10709.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.73.