Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Artos Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:ARTO), which rose 34.51% or 49 points to trade at 191 at the close. Pikko Land Development Tbk (JK:RODA) added 25.00% or 70 points to end at 350 and Perdana Karya Perkasa Tbk (JK:PKPK) was up 24.85% or 41 points to 206 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sekar Bumi Tbk (JK:SKBM), which lost 17.60% or 88 points to trade at 412 in late trade. Buana Finance Tbk (JK:BBLD) declined 15.70% or 95 points to end at 510 and Goodyear Indonesia Tbk (JK:GDYR) shed 12.95% or 285.00 points to 1915.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 213 to 157 and 114 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $64.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1324.00 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.06% to 13757.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.32% to 10621.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.