Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were PT Trimuda Nuansa Citra Tbk (JK:TNCA), which rose 28.80% or 55.00 points to trade at 246.00 at the close. Pelangi Indah Canindo Tbk (JK:PICO) added 28.33% or 34.00 points to end at 154.00 and Green Power Group Tbk PT (JK:LABA) was up 24.83% or 72.00 points to 362.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jakarta Int Hotels & Dev (JK:JIHD), which lost 24.88% or 500.00 points to trade at 1,510.00 in late trade. Satu Visi Putra PT Tbk (JK:VISI) declined 22.35% or 40.00 points to end at 139.00 and Electronic City Indonesia Tbk (JK:ECII) shed 17.22% or 62.00 points to 298.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 383 to 239 and 211 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.30% or 0.21 to $70.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.33% or 0.24 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 6.99 to trade at $2,660.91 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.19% to 15,923.30, while AUD/IDR fell 1.09% to 10,234.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.44.