Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Miscellaneous Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Indorama Synthetics Tbk (JK:INDR), which rose 25.00% or 1180 points to trade at 5900 at the close. Indomobil Sukses Internasional (JK:IMAS) added 24.76% or 520 points to end at 2620 and Visi Telekomunikasi Infrastruktur Tbk PT (JK:GOLD) was up 22.50% or 90 points to 490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA), which lost 25.95% or 41 points to trade at 117 in late trade. PT Cahayasakti Investindo Sukses Tbk (JK:CSIS) declined 25.00% or 495 points to end at 1485 and Capitol Nusantara Indonesia (JK:CANI) shed 25.00% or 57 points to 171.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 186 and 115 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.49% or 0.36 to $73.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $77.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.30 to trade at $1257.80 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.10% to 14370.8, while AUD/IDR rose 0.14% to 10627.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.44.