Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Property, Consumer Industry and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 1.93% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Indo Komoditi Korpora Tbk PT (JK:INCF), which rose 34.15% or 56 points to trade at 220 at the close. Pool Advista Finance Tbk PT (JK:POLA) added 24.88% or 265 points to end at 1330 and Dewata Freight International Tbk PT (JK:DEAL) was up 24.46% or 113 points to 575 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tunas Alfin Tbk (JK:TALF), which lost 22.80% or 88 points to trade at 298 in late trade. Bank Artos Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:ARTO) declined 21.74% or 40 points to end at 144 and Panasia Indo Resources Tbk (JK:HDTX) shed 17.10% or 33 points to 160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 139 and 130 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.97% or 0.49 to $49.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.39% or 0.82 to hit $58.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1232.00 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.94% to 14329.2, while AUD/IDR rose 0.11% to 10550.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.760.