Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Trade, Agriculture and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (JK:POLY), which rose 30.77% or 16 points to trade at 68 at the close. Global Teleshop Tbk (JK:GLOB) added 24.73% or 115 points to end at 580 and Trimegah Securities Tbk (JK:TRIM) was up 22.00% or 11 points to 61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smart Tbk (JK:SMAR), which lost 9.95% or 365 points to trade at 3305 in late trade. Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) declined 9.18% or 45.00 points to end at 445.00 and Delta Dunia Makmur Tbk (JK:DOID) shed 8.57% or 6 points to 64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 116 and 103 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.58% or 0.19 to $32.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.08% or 0.03 to hit $35.47 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.60 to trade at $1235.00 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.48% to 13370.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.77% to 9664.30.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 98.22.