Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Consumer Industry and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Lion Metal Works Tbk (JK:LION), which rose 20.00% or 190.00 points to trade at 1140.00 at the close. Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (JK:POLY) added 18.97% or 11 points to end at 69 and Provident Agro Tbk (JK:PALM) was up 17.00% or 85 points to 585 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jakarta Kyoei Steel Works Tbk (JK:JKSW), which lost 10.00% or 8 points to trade at 72 in late trade. Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo (JK:SOBI) declined 10.00% or 250 points to end at 2250 and Kokoh Inti Arebama Tbk (JK:KOIN) shed 10.00% or 30 points to 270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 123 and 40 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.31% or 1.05 to $44.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.71 to hit $48.85 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.30 to trade at $1137.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.37% to 14140.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.17% to 9874.15.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.68.