Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Miscellaneous Industry, Infrastructure and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Cakra Mineral Tbk (JK:CKRA), which rose 34.74% or 33 points to trade at 128 at the close. Mitra International Resources (JK:MIRA) added 34.00% or 17 points to end at 67 and Polaris Investama Tbk (JK:PLAS) was up 34.00% or 17 points to 67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gihon Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:GHON), which lost 23.88% or 640 points to trade at 2040 in late trade. Tifa Finance Tbk (JK:TIFA) declined 13.33% or 32 points to end at 208 and Tifico Fiber Indonesia Tbk (JK:TFCO) shed 11.56% or 85 points to 650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 143 and 126 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.23 to $67.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 8.20 to trade at $1351.80 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.14% to 13776.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.08% to 10690.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 89.46.