Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Basic Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.90% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were PT First Indo American Leasing Tbk (JK:FINN), which rose 34.00% or 17 points to trade at 67 at the close. Metro Realty Tbk (JK:MTSM) added 29.41% or 50 points to end at 220 and Logindo Samudramakmur Tbk (JK:LEAD) was up 26.00% or 13 points to 63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Securities Tbk (JK:RELI), which lost 24.88% or 102 points to trade at 308 in late trade. Jembo Cable Company Tbk (JK:JECC) declined 19.06% or 1015 points to end at 4310 and Cottonindo Ariesta Tbk PT (JK:KPAS) shed 14.00% or 42 points to 258.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 218 to 213 and 128 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.53% or 0.28 to $52.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $61.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1293.65 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.46% to 14055.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.28% to 10095.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.912.