Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Infrastructure and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Asiaplast Industries Tbk (JK:APLI), which rose 21.31% or 13 points to trade at 74 at the close. Ancora Indonesia Resources Tbk (JK:OKAS) added 10.98% or 9 points to end at 91 and Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk (JK:JPFA) was up 9.90% or 50 points to 555 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI), which lost 10.00% or 9 points to trade at 81 in late trade. Ratu Prabu Energi Tbk (JK:ARTI) declined 9.80% or 15 points to end at 138 and Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) shed 9.68% or 24 points to 224.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 93 and 43 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.98% or 0.36 to $36.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.32% or 0.90 to hit $37.83 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 2.90 to trade at $1064.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.07% to 14060.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.38% to 10177.00.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.31.