Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Agriculture and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Sumber Global Energy Tbk Pt (JK:SGER), which rose 337.04% or 364.00 points to trade at 472.00 at the close. Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk (JK:MLBI) added 278.98% or 4,380.00 points to end at 5,950.00 and Pelita Samudera Shipping Tbk PT (JK:PSSI) was up 231.85% or 313.00 points to 448.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN), which lost 99.93% or 6,795.00 points to trade at 5.00 in late trade. Mitra International Resources (JK:MIRA) declined 99.66% or 1,171.00 points to end at 4.00 and Lippo Karawaci Tbk (JK:LPKR) shed 98.28% or 3,194.00 points to 56.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 356 to 291 and 181 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.31% or 0.26 to $84.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $87.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.45 to trade at $2,374.85 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.29% to 16,289.35, while AUD/IDR fell 0.18% to 10,969.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 104.65.