Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Industry, Property and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Saranacentral Bajatama Tbk (JK:BAJA), which rose 30.59% or 52 points to trade at 222 at the close. Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk (JK:LMPI) added 26.96% or 31 points to end at 146 and Gunawan Dianjaya Steel Tbk (JK:GDST) was up 25.00% or 20 points to 100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prima Alloy Steel Universal (JK:PRAS), which lost 9.91% or 21 points to trade at 191 in late trade. Mitra Investindo Tbk (JK:MITI) declined 9.89% or 9 points to end at 82 and Pool Advista Indonesia Tbk (JK:POOL) shed 9.81% or 105 points to 965.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 159 to 143 and 93 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.73% or 0.83 to $47.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.12% or 0.56 to hit $49.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.85 to trade at $1341.25 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.46% to 13288.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.20% to 10120.40.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.63.