Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Basic Industry and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 2.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Capitol Nusantara Indonesia (JK:CANI), which rose 24.12% or 205 points to trade at 1055 at the close. Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA) added 17.65% or 48 points to end at 320 and Bank Mayapada Internasional (JK:MAYA) was up 16.52% or 496 points to 3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS), which lost 10.00% or 9.00 points to trade at 81.00 in late trade. Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) declined 9.57% or 36.00 points to end at 340.00 and Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) shed 9.52% or 10 points to 95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 241 to 71 and 87 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.65% or 0.30 to $45.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $46.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1226.95 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.65% to 13398.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.40% to 10096.70.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 100.34.