Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Infrastructure and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Golden Eagle Energy Tbk (JK:SMMT), which rose 34.95% or 36 points to trade at 139 at the close. Exploitasi Energi Indonesia (JK:CNKO) added 34.48% or 20 points to end at 78 and Bank Mitraniaga Tbk (JK:NAGA) was up 32.67% or 49 points to 199 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tigaraksa Satria Tbk (JK:TGKA), which lost 10.00% or 470 points to trade at 4230 in late trade. Akbar Indomakmur Stimec Tbk (JK:AIMS) declined 10.00% or 50 points to end at 450 and Dua Putra Utama Makmur PT (JK:DPUM) shed 9.96% or 115 points to 1040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 188 to 108 and 102 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.90% or 0.69 to $37.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.70% or 0.66 to hit $39.40 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1233.40 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.58% to 13250.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.24% to 9840.65.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.84.