Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Financials and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.46% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Apac Citra Centertex Tbk (JK:MYTX), which rose 34.26% or 37 points to trade at 145 at the close. Cikarang Listrindo Tbk PT (JK:POWR) added 24.67% or 280 points to end at 1415 and Capitol Nusantara Indonesia (JK:CANI) was up 24.59% or 90 points to 456 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Island Concepts Indonesia Tbk (JK:ICON), which lost 25.29% or 44 points to trade at 130 in late trade. Ever Shine Textile Industry (JK:ESTI) declined 18.01% or 29 points to end at 132 and Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA) shed 16.51% or 36 points to 182.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 197 to 113 and 130 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.39% or 0.17 to $43.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.54% or 0.25 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1248.60 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.02% to 13318.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.33% to 10062.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.31.