Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Industry and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 4.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Kedawung Setia Industrial Tbk (JK:KDSI), which rose 32.35% or 55 points to trade at 225 at the close. Kokoh Inti Arebama Tbk (JK:KOIN) added 20.00% or 50 points to end at 300 and Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK) was up 18.52% or 250 points to 1600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kabelindo Murni Tbk (JK:KBLM), which lost 9.92% or 12 points to trade at 109 in late trade. Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN) declined 9.85% or 20 points to end at 183 and Tanah Laut Tbk (JK:INDX) shed 9.82% or 22 points to 202.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 245 to 86 and 38 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 4.31% or 1.67 to $40.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.89% or 1.68 to hit $44.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.20 to trade at $1127.80 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.38% to 14007.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.78% to 10231.00.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.43.