Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 2.01% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Rakyat Indonesia Agroniaga (JK:AGRO), which rose 34.04% or 64 points to trade at 252 at the close. Champion Pacific Indonesia Tbk (JK:IGAR) added 25.00% or 108 points to end at 540 and Eratex Djaja Tbk (JK:ERTX) was up 23.59% or 43 points to 224 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asuransi Multi Artha Guna Tbk (JK:AMAG), which lost 10.00% or 42 points to trade at 378 in late trade. Asuransi Ramayana Tbk (JK:ASRM) declined 9.78% or 270 points to end at 2490 and Golden Plantation Tbk (JK:GOLL) shed 9.52% or 12.00 points to 114.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 205 to 78 and 90 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.07% or 0.51 to $48.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.44 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1319.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.08% to 13185.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.24% to 9788.05.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.03.