Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Industry and Basic Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 1.02% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Satria Mega Kencana Tbk PT (JK:SOTS), which rose 25.00% or 109 points to trade at 545 at the close. Majapahit Inti Corpora Tbk PT (JK:AKSI) added 25.00% or 86 points to end at 430 and Pudjiadi & Sons Tbk (JK:PNSE) was up 24.67% or 185 points to 935 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renuka Coalindo Tbk (JK:SQMI), which lost 24.68% or 137 points to trade at 418 in late trade. Indonesian Paradise Property (JK:INPP) declined 20.66% or 125 points to end at 480 and Gowa Makassar Tourism Develop (JK:GMTD) shed 9.90% or 1475 points to 13425.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 149 and 129 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.31% or 0.16 to $50.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $59.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1249.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.22% to 14499.8, while AUD/IDR fell 0.12% to 10520.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.945.