Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Financials and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Eka Sari Lorena Transport Tbk (JK:LRNA), which rose 17.50% or 21.00 points to trade at 141.00 at the close. Gunawan Dianjaya Steel Tbk (JK:GDST) added 14.52% or 18 points to end at 142 and Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk (JK:LMPI) was up 13.41% or 22 points to 186 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lamicitra Nusantara Tbk (JK:LAMI), which lost 10.00% or 44 points to trade at 396 in late trade. Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) declined 10.00% or 26 points to end at 234 and Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN) shed 9.94% or 17 points to 154.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 131 and 96 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.98% or 0.44 to $45.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.46 to hit $47.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1352.55 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.03% to 13064.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.69% to 10004.20.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.88.