Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Agriculture and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Magna Finance Tbk (JK:MGNA), which rose 21.21% or 14.00 points to trade at 80.00 at the close. Victoria Insurance Tbk PT (JK:VINS) added 20.00% or 15 points to end at 90 and Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) was up 12.59% or 18 points to 161 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cardig Aero Services Tbk (JK:CASS), which lost 10.00% or 125 points to trade at 1125 in late trade. Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) declined 10.00% or 34 points to end at 306 and Kedawung Setia Industrial Tbk (JK:KDSI) shed 10.00% or 25 points to 225.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 144 to 144 and 89 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.48% or 0.94 to $38.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.07% or 0.83 to hit $40.88 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.60 to trade at $1266.20 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.99% to 13040.0, while AUD/IDR rose 1.31% to 9691.60.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 96.55.