Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Financials and Miscellaneous Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.54% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Star Petrcohem Tbk (JK:STAR), which rose 34.67% or 26 points to trade at 101 at the close. Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) added 34.19% or 53 points to end at 208 and Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) was up 16.67% or 50.00 points to 350.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gowa Makassar Tourism Develop (JK:GMTD), which lost 11.28% or 725 points to trade at 5700 in late trade. Multipolar Technology Tbk (JK:MLPT) declined 9.74% or 150 points to end at 1390 and Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk (JK:BSSR) shed 9.09% or 190 points to 1900.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 118 and 105 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.69% or 0.33 to $48.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1246.65 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.01% to 13333.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.42% to 10180.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.59.