Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Sunson Textile Manufacturer (JK:SSTM), which rose 34.12% or 58.00 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Chitose Internasional Tbk (JK:CINT) added 34.08% or 61.00 points to end at 240.00 and Haloni Jane PT Tbk (JK:HALO) was up 34.00% or 17.00 points to 67.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN), which lost 14.29% or 1.00 points to trade at 6.00 in late trade. Kedoya Adyaraya Tbk PT (JK:RSGK) declined 11.02% or 130.00 points to end at 1,050.00 and Sillo Maritime Perdana Tbk PT (JK:SHIP) shed 10.88% or 130.00 points to 1,065.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 298 to 294 and 242 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.28% or 0.19 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.31 to trade at $2,734.71 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.10% to 15,918.50, while AUD/IDR fell 0.17% to 10,122.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 106.21.