Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Financials and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.60% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Lotte Chemical Titan Tbk (JK:FPNI), which rose 34.97% or 50 points to trade at 193 at the close. Bank Pundi Indonesia Tbk (JK:BEKS) added 34.12% or 29 points to end at 114 and Nusantara Inti Corpora Tbk (JK:UNIT) was up 29.67% or 54.00 points to 236.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM), which lost 10.00% or 310 points to trade at 2790 in late trade. Multipolar Technology Tbk (JK:MLPT) declined 9.84% or 120 points to end at 1100 and Lamicitra Nusantara Tbk (JK:LAMI) shed 9.42% or 26 points to 250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 130 and 89 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.90% or 0.85 to $45.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.31% or 1.07 to hit $47.32 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.10 to trade at $1353.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.05% to 13119.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.78% to 9929.15.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 96.19.