Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Property and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Plaza Indonesia Realty Tbk (JK:PLIN), which rose 25.00% or 640 points to trade at 3200 at the close. Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) added 23.68% or 900 points to end at 4700 and Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo (JK:SOBI) was up 15.15% or 375 points to 2850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Duta Pertiwi Nusantara Tbk (JK:DPNS), which lost 9.77% or 39 points to trade at 360 in late trade. Smart Tbk (JK:SMAR) declined 9.05% or 450 points to end at 4520 and Ricky Putra Globalindo Tbk (JK:RICY) shed 7.88% or 13 points to 165.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 235 to 105 and 37 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.89% or 1.15 to $61.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.39% or 1.52 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.80 to trade at $1178.10 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was unchanged 0.00% to 13350.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.73% to 10259.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.15.