Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Malacca Trust Wuwungan Insurance PT (JK:MTWI), which rose 34.12% or 58 points to trade at 228 at the close. Kioson Komersial Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:KIOS) added 24.77% or 270 points to end at 1360 and Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) was up 21.82% or 12 points to 67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arita Prima Indonesia Tbk (JK:APII), which lost 17.97% or 46 points to trade at 210 in late trade. Bank Dinar Indonesia Tbk (JK:DNAR) declined 16.43% or 46.00 points to end at 234.00 and Hotel Sahid Jaya Tbk (JK:SHID) shed 14.63% or 210 points to 1225.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 157 and 119 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.90% or 0.46 to $50.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.11 to trade at $1297.01 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.17% to 13502.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.20% to 10545.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.86.