Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Miscellaneous Industry and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Krakatau Steel Persero Tbk (JK:KRAS), which rose 24.77% or 80 points to trade at 403 at the close. Kresna Graha Sekurindo Tbk (JK:KREN) added 12.99% or 100 points to end at 870 and Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk (JK:NIKL) was up 11.69% or 9 points to 86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE), which lost 17.89% or 22 points to trade at 101 in late trade. Tifa Finance Tbk (JK:TIFA) declined 12.78% or 23 points to end at 157 and Kokoh Inti Arebama Tbk (JK:KOIN) shed 11.43% or 40 points to 310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 196 to 136 and 45 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.46% or 0.21 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.58% or 0.29 to hit $50.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.00 to trade at $1084.70 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.15% to 13515.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.12% to 10032.15.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 98.25.