Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Mining and Miscellaneous Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite declined 0.95% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Kirana Megatara Tbk PT (JK:KMTR), which rose 24.81% or 160 points to trade at 805 at the close. Asuransi Jiwa Syariah Jasa Mitra Abadi Tbk PT (JK:JMAS) added 24.37% or 145 points to end at 740 and Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) was up 21.62% or 16 points to 90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PT First Indo American Leasing Tbk (JK:FINN), which lost 16.48% or 30 points to trade at 152 in late trade. Indorama Synthetics Tbk (JK:INDR) declined 14.29% or 200 points to end at 1200 and Destinasi Tirta Nusantara Tbk (JK:PDES) shed 14.00% or 175 points to 1075.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 240 to 118 and 117 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $64.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1323.80 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.09% to 13747.5, while AUD/IDR fell 0.06% to 10814.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.75.