Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Jakarta Kyoei Steel Works Tbk (JK:JKSW), which rose 24.62% or 16 points to trade at 81 at the close. Megapolitan Developments Tbk (JK:EMDE) added 16.13% or 25 points to end at 180 and Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (JK:POLY) was up 14.29% or 11 points to 88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indo Kordsa Tbk (JK:BRAM), which lost 22.01% or 790 points to trade at 2800 in late trade. Sejahteraraya Anugrahjaya Tbk (JK:SRAJ) declined 18.00% or 45 points to end at 205 and Supra Boga Lestari Tbk (JK:RANC) shed 11.34% or 39 points to 305.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 65 and 35 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.54% or 0.23 to $42.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.39% or 0.19 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.30 to trade at $1119.70 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.49% to 13805.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.15% to 10158.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 96.75.