Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Financials and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.40% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Mas Murni Indonesia Tbk (JK:MAMI), which rose 34.78% or 24.00 points to trade at 93.00 at the close. Lotte Chemical Titan Tbk (JK:FPNI) added 24.49% or 119 points to end at 605 and Mitra Komunikasi Nusantara Tbk PT (JK:MKNT) was up 19.76% or 66 points to 400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rimo International Lestari Tbk PT (JK:RIMO), which lost 34.87% or 68.000 points to trade at 127.000 in late trade. Bank Mitraniaga Tbk (JK:NAGA) declined 23.43% or 41 points to end at 134 and BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk (JK:BFIN) shed 18.03% or 880 points to 4000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 150 and 114 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.47% or 0.23 to $48.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1228.25 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.29% to 13346.8, while AUD/IDR unchanged 0.00% to 10221.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.03.