Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Industry, Financials and Trade sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.16% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN), which rose 35.00% or 70 points to trade at 270 at the close. Hotel Mandarine Regency Tbk PT (JK:HOME) added 34.26% or 37 points to end at 145 and Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS) was unchanged 0.00% or 0 points to 466 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asuransi Bina Dana Arta Tbk (JK:ABDA), which lost 25.00% or 1120 points to trade at 3360 in late trade. Bank Nationalnobu Tbk (JK:NOBU) declined 16.00% or 160 points to end at 840 and Indo Komoditi Korpora Tbk PT (JK:INCF) shed 15.43% or 54 points to 296.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 229 to 181 and 135 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.90% or 0.47 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.67% or 0.41 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1293.65 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.46% to 14180.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.44% to 10159.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.768.