Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Indo Acidatama Tbk (JK:SRSN), which rose 34.55% or 19 points to trade at 74 at the close. Triwira Insanlestari Tbk (JK:TRIL) added 33.66% or 34 points to end at 135 and Indah Prakasa Sentosa PT Tbk (JK:INPS) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mnc Sky Vision Tbk (JK:MSKY), which lost 15.15% or 125 points to trade at 700 in late trade. Tunas Alfin Tbk (JK:TALF) declined 12.56% or 50 points to end at 348 and Jaya Trishindo Tbk PT (JK:HELI) shed 12.38% or 52 points to 368.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 181 and 118 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.49% or 0.32 to $65.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1349.10 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.12% to 13761.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.38% to 10619.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.