Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Financials and Property 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 Mulia Industrindo Tbk (JK:MLIA), which rose 25.00% or 114 points to trade at 570 at the close. Bank Harda Internasional Tbk PT (JK:BBHI) added 13.51% or 30 points to end at 252 and Bintang Mitra Semestaraya Tbk (JK:BMSR) was up 12.31% or 16.00 points to 146.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panasia Indo Resources Tbk (JK:HDTX), which lost 24.59% or 120 points to trade at 368 in late trade. Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia (JK:MREI) declined 23.50% or 940 points to end at 3060 and Tira Austenite Tbk (JK:TIRA) shed 16.39% or 40.00 points to 204.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 152 and 122 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.35% or 0.17 to $48.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.48% or 0.24 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1293.95 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.28% to 13304.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.96% to 10053.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.80.