Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Mining and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.41% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Alakasa Industrindo Tbk (JK:ALKA), which rose 33.33% or 50 points to trade at 200 at the close. Bank Ina Perdana Tbk (JK:BINA) added 25.00% or 130 points to end at 650 and Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) was up 25.00% or 58.00 points to 290.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Mitraniaga Tbk (JK:NAGA), which lost 26.67% or 48 points to trade at 132 in late trade. Hotel Mandarine Regency Tbk PT (JK:HOME) declined 20.77% or 54 points to end at 206 and Eratex Djaja Tbk (JK:ERTX) shed 20.61% or 34 points to 131.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 157 to 153 and 111 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.55 to trade at $1202.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.10% to 13371.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.11% to 10115.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 101.46.