Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture, Property and Miscellaneous Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Ratu Prabu Energi Tbk (JK:ARTI), which rose 19.23% or 20 points to trade at 124 at the close. Inti Kapuas Arowana Tbk (JK:IIKP) added 17.79% or 370.00 points to end at 2450.00 and Pudjiadi & Sons Tbk (JK:PNSE) was up 17.00% or 68 points to 468 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jakarta Int Hotels & Dev (JK:JIHD), which lost 24.16% or 215 points to trade at 675 in late trade. Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) declined 17.33% or 590 points to end at 2815 and Intikeramik Alamasri Industri (JK:IKAI) shed 10.43% or 12 points to 103.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 202 to 150 and 37 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.01% or 0.61 to $61.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.63% or 0.42 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1194.10 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.27% to 13125.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.46% to 10616.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.58.