Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Agriculture, Basic Industry and Trade sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Duta Pertiwi Nusantara Tbk (JK:DPNS), which rose 15.20% or 45 points to trade at 341 at the close. Lotte Chemical Titan Tbk (JK:FPNI) added 14.77% or 13 points to end at 101 and Apac Citra Centertex Tbk (JK:MYTX) was up 10.53% or 10 points to 105 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Logindo Samudramakmur Tbk (JK:LEAD), which lost 21.55% or 445 points to trade at 1620 in late trade. Darya-Varia Laboratoria Tbk (JK:DVLA) declined 21.20% or 390 points to end at 1450 and Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk (JK:LMPI) shed 12.12% or 24 points to 174.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 207 to 125 and 46 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.87% or 0.49 to $56.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.72% or 0.45 to hit $61.63 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1202.20 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.29% to 12917.5, while AUD/IDR fell 0.20% to 10003.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 97.72.