Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Manufacturing and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Minna Padi Investama Tbk (JK:PADI), which rose 25.00% or 125 points to trade at 625 at the close. Tifico Fiber Indonesia Tbk (JK:TFCO) added 25.00% or 170 points to end at 850 and Jakarta Setiabudi Internasional (JK:JSPT) was up 20.83% or 250.00 points to 1450.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Artos Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:ARTO), which lost 23.46% or 42 points to trade at 137 in late trade. Pudjiadi & Sons Tbk (JK:PNSE) declined 21.76% or 185 points to end at 665 and Argha Karya Prima Ind Tbk (JK:AKPI) shed 20.62% or 200 points to 770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 218 to 159 and 125 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.17% or 0.12 to $69.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $78.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1207.40 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.02% to 14879.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.14% to 10758.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.02.