Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Pundi Indonesia Tbk (JK:BEKS), which rose 28.79% or 19 points to trade at 85 at the close. Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk (JK:ITMG) added 19.91% or 1075 points to end at 6475 and Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (JK:MEDC) was up 15.85% or 130 points to 950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jaya Agra Wattie Tbk (JK:JAWA), which lost 10.00% or 20 points to trade at 180 in late trade. Inti Bangun Sejahtera Tbk (JK:IBST) declined 9.84% or 245 points to end at 2245 and Gowa Makassar Tourism Develop (JK:GMTD) shed 9.68% or 750 points to 7000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 171 to 101 and 90 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.30% or 0.76 to $33.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.27% or 0.80 to hit $36.09 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.80 to trade at $1233.00 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.67% to 13355.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.27% to 9692.80.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.41.