Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Property and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Gunawan Dianjaya Steel Tbk (JK:GDST), which rose 32.98% or 31 points to trade at 125 at the close. Jakarta Kyoei Steel Works Tbk (JK:JKSW) added 21.43% or 12 points to end at 68 and Jaya Pari Steel Tbk (JK:JPRS) was up 20.83% or 30 points to 174 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lionmesh Prima Tbk (JK:LMSH), which lost 10.00% or 60 points to trade at 540 in late trade. Solusi Tunas Pratama Tbk (JK:SUPR) declined 10.00% or 800 points to end at 7200 and Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk (JK:LMPI) shed 10.00% or 17 points to 153.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 216 to 89 and 79 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.20% or 0.09 to $44.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1309.20 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.07% to 13277.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.31% to 9990.50.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.03.