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 lost 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Mitra Pinasthika Mustika (JK:MPMX), which rose 25.00% or 113 points to trade at 565 at the close. Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM) added 21.57% or 550 points to end at 3100 and Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS) was up 21.51% or 20.00 points to 113.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Pundi Indonesia Tbk (JK:BEKS), which lost 10.00% or 11 points to trade at 99 in late trade. Bintang Mitra Semestaraya Tbk (JK:BMSR) declined 10.00% or 14.00 points to end at 126.00 and Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA) shed 10.00% or 22.000 points to 198.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 169 to 142 and 92 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.45% or 0.65 to $45.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.38% or 0.64 to hit $46.90 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.14% or 15.25 to trade at $1328.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.06% to 13050.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.22% to 9986.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.33.