Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Financials and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Mitra Energi Persada Tbk PT (JK:KOPI), which rose 17.76% or 135.00 points to trade at 895.00 at the close. Krakatau Steel Persero Tbk (JK:KRAS) added 9.76% or 41 points to end at 461 and Ratu Prabu Energi Tbk (JK:ARTI) was up 9.02% or 12 points to 145 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cakra Mineral Tbk (JK:CKRA), which lost 17.65% or 45 points to trade at 210 in late trade. Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) declined 14.33% or 520 points to end at 3110 and Siwani Makmur Tbk (JK:SIMA) shed 13.74% or 18.00 points to 113.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 167 and 41 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.04% or 0.60 to $58.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.30% or 0.83 to hit $64.85 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1207.70 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.02% to 13180.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.57% to 10451.50.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.55.