Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Industry, Financials and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bekasi Asri Pemula Tbk (JK:BAPA), which rose 34.82% or 39 points to trade at 151 at the close. Bank Ina Perdana Tbk (JK:BINA) added 25.00% or 124 points to end at 620 and Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk (JK:LCGP) was up 24.24% or 16 points to 82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahaka Media Tbk (JK:ABBA), which lost 13.16% or 10 points to trade at 66 in late trade. Tanah Laut Tbk (JK:INDX) declined 11.32% or 18 points to end at 141 and Jaya Trishindo Tbk PT (JK:HELI) shed 10.84% or 36 points to 296.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 203 to 174 and 117 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.93% or 0.62 to $67.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.54 to hit $72.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1348.60 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.02% to 13770.2, while AUD/IDR fell 0.12% to 10677.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.38.