Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Property and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 2.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Akbar Indomakmur Stimec Tbk (JK:AIMS), which rose 34.29% or 48 points to trade at 188 at the close. Lion Metal Works Tbk (JK:LION) added 21.62% or 160.00 points to end at 900.00 and Kino Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:KINO) was up 19.57% or 450 points to 2750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centratama Telekomunikasi Ind (JK:CENT), which lost 10.00% or 16 points to trade at 144 in late trade. Nusantara Inti Corpora Tbk (JK:UNIT) declined 10.00% or 36.00 points to end at 324.00 and Arthavest Tbk (JK:ARTA) shed 10.00% or 30 points to 270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 80 and 103 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.59% or 0.32 to $54.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.37 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.24% or 2.75 to trade at $1141.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.25% to 13463.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.25% to 9679.60.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 103.13.