Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were MD Pictures Tbk PT (JK:FILM), which rose 0.24% or 10.00 points to trade at 4,210.00 at the close. Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk (JK:DOID) added 283.33% or 425.00 points to end at 575.00 and Triputra Agro Persada Tbk PT (JK:TAPG) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 560.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ever Shine Textile Industry (JK:ESTI), which lost 99.37% or 5,366.00 points to trade at 34.00 in late trade. Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK) declined 99.20% or 124.00 points to end at 1.00 and Polychem Indonesia Tbk (JK:ADMG) shed 97.55% or 4,146.00 points to 104.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 348 to 265 and 212 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.78% or 0.64 to $82.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.68% or 0.58 to hit $85.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.90 to trade at $2,340.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.15% to 16,359.20, while AUD/IDR fell 0.24% to 10,863.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 105.69.