Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Agriculture, Mining and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.06% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Inter-Delta Tbk (JK:INTD), which rose 34.83% or 62 points to trade at 240 at the close. Victoria Insurance Tbk PT (JK:VINS) added 34.04% or 32 points to end at 126 and Wilmar Cahaya Indonesia Tbk (JK:CEKA) was up 25.00% or 275 points to 1375 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jaya Konstruksi Manggala Pratama (JK:JKON), which lost 24.79% or 120 points to trade at 364 in late trade. Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA) declined 23.40% or 66 points to end at 216 and Jakarta Setiabudi Internasional (JK:JSPT) shed 17.45% or 205 points to 970.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 242 to 179 and 125 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.80% or 1.25 to $45.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.18% or 1.15 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1279.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.07% to 14560.5, while AUD/IDR fell 0.39% to 10212.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.968.