Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Trade and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Samudera Indonesia Tbk (JK:SMDR), which rose 25.00% or 1200 points to trade at 6000 at the close. Capital Financial Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:CASA) added 22.00% or 44 points to end at 244 and Saraswati Griya Lestari Tbk (JK:HOTL) was up 16.88% or 27 points to 187 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI), which lost 10.00% or 530 points to trade at 4770 in late trade. Roda Vivatex Tbk (JK:RDTX) declined 9.72% or 700.000 points to end at 6500.000 and Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk (JK:LCGP) shed 9.55% or 19 points to 180.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 145 and 91 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.97% or 1.57 to $41.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.76% or 1.57 to hit $43.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.35 to trade at $1364.25 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.43% to 13153.0, while AUD/IDR rose 1.20% to 9976.70.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.