Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Consumer Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Cakra Mineral Tbk (JK:CKRA), which rose 33.33% or 17 points to trade at 68 at the close. Golden Plantation Tbk (JK:GOLL) added 32.08% or 34.00 points to end at 140.00 and Jakarta Kyoei Steel Works Tbk (JK:JKSW) was up 25.93% or 21 points to 102 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Qnb Indonesia Tbk (JK:BKSW), which lost 22.22% or 100 points to trade at 350 in late trade. Trada Maritime Tbk (JK:TRAM) declined 20.18% or 22 points to end at 87 and Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) shed 18.65% or 690 points to 3010.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 108 and 105 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.62% or 0.73 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 0.68 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.11 to trade at $1217.81 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.14% to 13368.2, while AUD/IDR rose 0.11% to 10191.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.49.