Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Property, Trade and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Wilmar Cahaya Indonesia Tbk (JK:CEKA), which rose 25.00% or 210 points to trade at 1050 at the close. Asuransi Multi Artha Guna Tbk (JK:AMAG) added 12.50% or 46 points to end at 414 and Indospring Tbk (JK:INDS) was up 11.94% or 80 points to 750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN), which lost 10.00% or 11 points to trade at 99 in late trade. Buana Finance Tbk (JK:BBLD) declined 9.92% or 125 points to end at 1135 and Global Teleshop Tbk (JK:GLOB) shed 9.87% or 46 points to 420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 138 and 85 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $48.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.48% to 13387.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.31% to 9722.45.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 94.89.