Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Agriculture and Trade sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Pundi Indonesia Tbk (JK:BEKS), which rose 34.12% or 29 points to trade at 114 at the close. Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) added 21.93% or 125.00 points to end at 695.00 and Bank Sinarmas Tbk (JK:BSIM) was up 20.00% or 120 points to 720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM), which lost 10.00% or 310 points to trade at 2790 in late trade. Exploitasi Energi Indonesia (JK:CNKO) declined 9.86% or 7 points to end at 64 and Bank Windu Kentjana Int (JK:MCOR) shed 9.80% or 15 points to 138.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 109 and 109 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.13% or 0.06 to $45.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1322.45 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.11% to 13110.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.32% to 9831.50.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 96.95.