Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture, Infrastructure and Trade sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Polaris Investama Tbk (JK:PLAS), which rose 23.75% or 38 points to trade at 198 at the close. Trada Maritime Tbk (JK:TRAM) added 20.95% or 62 points to end at 358 and Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN) was up 17.09% or 27 points to 185 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Graha Andrasentra Propertindo Tbk PT (JK:JGLE), which lost 23.81% or 100 points to trade at 320 in late trade. Bank Artos Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:ARTO) declined 17.22% or 31 points to end at 149 and Sumi Indo Kabel Tbk (JK:IKBI) shed 13.84% or 62.00 points to 386.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 135 and 95 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.28% or 0.15 to $52.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $55.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1231.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.22% to 13337.2, while AUD/IDR rose 0.15% to 10216.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 100.64.