Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Industry, Basic Industry and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.18% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM), which rose 25.00% or 375 points to trade at 1875 at the close. Asuransi Jasa Tania Tbk (JK:ASJT) added 24.00% or 60.00 points to end at 310.00 and Nusantara Inti Corpora Tbk (JK:UNIT) was up 20.55% or 52.00 points to 305.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adhi Karya Persero Tbk (JK:ADHI), which lost 14.61% or 385 points to trade at 2250 in late trade. Wahana Pronatural (JK:WAPO) declined 14.29% or 12 points to end at 72 and Alakasa Industrindo Tbk (JK:ALKA) shed 13.79% or 80 points to 500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 148 and 47 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.88% or 0.43 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.58% or 0.84 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.74% or 8.10 to trade at $1085.20 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.01% to 13466.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.10% to 9876.05.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.35.