Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Infrastructure and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA), which rose 26.90% or 53.000 points to trade at 250.000 at the close. Bank Rakyat Indonesia Agroniaga (JK:AGRO) added 17.76% or 27 points to end at 179 and Greenwood Sejahtera Tbk (JK:GWSA) was up 15.75% or 23 points to 169 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trias Sentosa Tbk (JK:TRST), which lost 10.00% or 30 points to trade at 270 in late trade. Fortune Indonesia Tbk (JK:FORU) declined 9.85% or 65 points to end at 595 and Wilmar Cahaya Indonesia Tbk (JK:CEKA) shed 9.83% or 85 points to 780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 114 and 93 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.92% or 0.40 to $43.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.54% or 0.67 to hit $44.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1266.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.74% to 13283.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.45% to 9769.35.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.21.