Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Industry, Manufacturing and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Minna Padi Investama Tbk (JK:PADI), which rose 24.51% or 125 points to trade at 635 at the close. Mulia Industrindo Tbk (JK:MLIA) added 14.37% or 71 points to end at 565 and Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) was up 14.12% or 120 points to 970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energi Mega Persada Tbk (JK:ENRG), which lost 25.00% or 100 points to trade at 300 in late trade. Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA) declined 19.58% or 47 points to end at 193 and PT First Indo American Leasing Tbk (JK:FINN) shed 13.37% or 54 points to 350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 144 and 116 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.41 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.64% or 0.32 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.65 to trade at $1247.45 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.03% to 13333.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.23% to 10554.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.98.