Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Metropolitan Kentjana Tbk (JK:MKPI), which rose 1,180.95% or 24,800.00 points to trade at 26,900.00 at the close. Pinago Utama Tbk Pt (JK:PNGO) added 488.00% or 1,220.00 points to end at 1,470.00 and Bank Sinarmas Tbk (JK:BSIM) was up 473.33% or 710.00 points to 860.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk PT (JK:BLTA), which lost 99.78% or 8,481.00 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:BNII) declined 98.05% or 10,786.00 points to end at 214.00 and Polychem Indonesia Tbk (JK:ADMG) shed 97.55% or 4,146.00 points to 104.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 480 to 177 and 179 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.52% or 0.40 to $77.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.40 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.81% or 43.65 to trade at $2,372.05 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.18% to 16,270.45, while AUD/IDR fell 0.55% to 10,630.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 103.97.