Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Industry and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Forza Land Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:FORZ), which rose 18.00% or 90 points to trade at 590 at the close. Fks Multi Agro Tbk (JK:FISH) added 13.04% or 300 points to end at 2600 and Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (JK:INRU) was up 12.14% or 105 points to 970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arita Prima Indonesia Tbk (JK:APII), which lost 25.00% or 55 points to trade at 165 in late trade. Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) declined 24.76% or 52 points to end at 158 and Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA) shed 22.86% or 48.00 points to 162.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 201 to 173 and 109 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.66% or 0.48 to $71.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.94% or 0.75 to hit $78.82 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.60 to trade at $1296.60 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.58% to 14203.5, while AUD/IDR fell 0.07% to 10734.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.75.