Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Trade and Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Victoria Investama Tbk (JK:VICO), which rose 34.74% or 66 points to trade at 256 at the close. Trust Finance Indonesia Tbk (JK:TRUS) added 32.24% or 59.00 points to end at 242.00 and Intan Baruprana Finance Tbk (JK:IBFN) was up 28.00% or 14.00 points to 64.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Visi Telekomunikasi Infrastruktur Tbk PT (JK:GOLD), which lost 14.72% or 78 points to trade at 452 in late trade. Siwani Makmur Tbk (JK:SIMA) declined 7.05% or 11.00 points to end at 145.00 and Suparma Tbk (JK:SPMA) shed 7.02% or 24 points to 318.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 118 and 102 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $63.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.90 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1330.60 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.04% to 13556.5, while AUD/IDR fell 0.47% to 10681.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.66.