Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Infrastructure and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 1.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were PT First Indo American Leasing Tbk (JK:FINN), which rose 34.67% or 26 points to trade at 101 at the close. Siwani Makmur Tbk (JK:SIMA) added 34.55% or 38.00 points to end at 148.00 and Eratex Djaja Tbk (JK:ERTX) was up 34.15% or 28 points to 110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PT Cahayasakti Investindo Sukses Tbk (JK:CSIS), which lost 25.00% or 245 points to trade at 735 in late trade. Guna Timur Raya PT (JK:TRUK) declined 24.69% or 200 points to end at 610 and Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA) shed 21.52% or 495 points to 1805.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 276 to 112 and 110 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $73.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.86% or 0.66 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.70 to trade at $1264.50 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.31% to 14299.2, while AUD/IDR rose 0.20% to 10687.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.56.