Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Agriculture and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Unggul Indah Cahaya Tbk (JK:UNIC), which rose 20.00% or 270.00 points to trade at 1620.00 at the close. Provident Agro Tbk (JK:PALM) added 17.65% or 90 points to end at 600 and Wijaya Karya Tbk (JK:WIKA) was up 12.65% or 325 points to 2895 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (JK:INRU), which lost 20.48% or 85 points to trade at 330 in late trade. Solusi Tunas Pratama Tbk (JK:SUPR) declined 15.00% or 1500 points to end at 8500 and Pembangunan Jaya Ancol Tbk (JK:PJAA) shed 10.57% or 260 points to 2200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 125 and 36 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.20% or 0.12 to $57.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.40 to trade at $1162.90 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.02% to 13330.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.80% to 10165.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.41.