Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Agriculture, Mining and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Metro Realty Tbk (JK:MTSM), which rose 24.22% or 78 points to trade at 400 at the close. Voksel Electric Tbk (JK:VOKS) added 20.45% or 225 points to end at 1325 and Pelat Timah Nusantara Tbk (JK:NIKL) was up 16.97% or 560 points to 3860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energi Mega Persada Tbk (JK:ENRG), which lost 23.53% or 16 points to trade at 52 in late trade. Polaris Investama Tbk (JK:PLAS) declined 23.03% or 38 points to end at 127 and Arita Prima Indonesia Tbk (JK:APII) shed 19.33% or 46 points to 192.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 111 and 92 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.65 to trade at $1237.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.02% to 13326.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.63% to 10180.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 100.78.