Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Miscellaneous Industry, Financials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 1.10% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Ever Shine Textile Industry (JK:ESTI), which rose 34.72% or 25 points to trade at 97 at the close. Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA) added 34.05% or 63 points to end at 248 and Smart Tbk (JK:SMAR) was up 17.14% or 600 points to 4100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Artos Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:ARTO), which lost 29.00% or 58 points to trade at 142 in late trade. Pudjiadi & Sons Tbk (JK:PNSE) declined 24.59% or 300 points to end at 920 and Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) shed 23.73% or 42 points to 135.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 125 and 104 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.93% or 0.61 to $64.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1339.40 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.12% to 13763.0, while AUD/IDR fell 2.88% to 10539.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.12.