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 added 0.07% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Capitol Nusantara Indonesia (JK:CANI), which rose 28.83% or 47 points to trade at 210 at the close. Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA) added 24.80% or 62 points to end at 312 and Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS) was up 24.67% or 74 points to 374 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asuransi Jasa Tania Tbk (JK:ASJT), which lost 16.67% or 60 points to trade at 300 in late trade. Onix Capital Tbk (JK:OCAP) declined 14.55% or 48 points to end at 282 and Yanaprima Hastapersada Tbk (JK:YPAS) shed 11.41% or 85 points to 660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 214 to 182 and 148 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.52% or 0.27 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $60.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.95 to trade at $1289.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.27% to 14122.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.09% to 10151.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.585.