Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Financials and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Dua Putra Utama Makmur PT (JK:DPUM), which rose 25.00% or 145 points to trade at 725 at the close. Kedawung Setia Industrial Tbk (JK:KDSI) added 19.38% or 62 points to end at 382 and Indofarma Tbk (JK:INAF) was up 16.85% or 750 points to 5200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buana Listya Tama Tbk PT (JK:BULL), which lost 10.00% or 15 points to trade at 135 in late trade. First Media Tbk (JK:KBLV) declined 10.00% or 150 points to end at 1350 and Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk (JK:LCGP) shed 9.87% or 15 points to 137.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 114 and 110 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.18% or 0.10 to $53.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.72% or 8.25 to trade at $1149.15 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.19% to 13472.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.08% to 9645.60.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.74.