Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Basic Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.54% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Permata Tbk (JK:BNLI), which rose 24.73% or 225 points to trade at 1135 at the close. Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (JK:TPIA) added 18.31% or 650 points to end at 4200 and Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (JK:MEDC) was up 14.44% or 200 points to 1585 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Duta Anggada Realty Tbk (JK:DART), which lost 10.00% or 50 points to trade at 450 in late trade. Global Teleshop Tbk (JK:GLOB) declined 10.00% or 50 points to end at 450 and Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) shed 9.96% or 26 points to 235.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 155 to 139 and 87 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.36% or 0.16 to $44.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.18 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.30 to trade at $1261.70 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.25% to 13143.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.34% to 10324.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.46.