Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture, Miscellaneous Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Krakatau Steel Persero Tbk (JK:KRAS), which rose 25.00% or 84 points to trade at 420 at the close. Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) added 24.96% or 725 points to end at 3630 and Indonesian Paradise Property (JK:INPP) was up 19.23% or 50.00 points to 310.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Securities Tbk (JK:RELI), which lost 20.00% or 90 points to trade at 360 in late trade. Wahana Pronatural (JK:WAPO) declined 17.57% or 13 points to end at 61 and Siwani Makmur Tbk (JK:SIMA) shed 12.67% or 19.00 points to 131.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 160 and 48 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.89% or 0.54 to $59.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.00% or 0.67 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.67% or 8.20 to trade at $1219.40 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.36% to 13124.0, while AUD/IDR rose 1.16% to 10676.50.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 94.97.