Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Manufacturing and Miscellaneous Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Island Concepts Indonesia Tbk (JK:ICON), which rose 24.11% or 68 points to trade at 350 at the close. Intikeramik Alamasri Industri (JK:IKAI) added 20.00% or 13 points to end at 78 and Hotel Mandarine Regency Tbk PT (JK:HOME) was up 12.00% or 30 points to 280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akbar Indomakmur Stimec Tbk (JK:AIMS), which lost 35.00% or 56 points to trade at 104 in late trade. Tigaraksa Satria Tbk (JK:TGKA) declined 24.88% or 1070 points to end at 3230 and Capitol Nusantara Indonesia (JK:CANI) shed 22.03% or 130 points to 460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 176 to 133 and 103 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.89% or 0.48 to $53.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.90% or 0.51 to hit $55.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 5.95 to trade at $1244.05 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.31% to 13361.0, while AUD/IDR fell 1.00% to 10184.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 101.97.