Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Industry, Manufacturing and Infrastructure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Pelita Samudera Shipping Tbk PT (JK:PSSI), which rose 34.46% or 51 points to trade at 199 at the close. Batavia Prosperindo Finance (JK:BPFI) added 25.00% or 110.00 points to end at 550.00 and Rimau Multi Putra Pratama (JK:CMPP) was up 25.00% or 62 points to 310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indofarma Tbk (JK:INAF), which lost 16.60% or 975 points to trade at 4900 in late trade. Arthavest Tbk (JK:ARTA) declined 16.27% or 54 points to end at 278 and Cardig Aero Services Tbk (JK:CASS) shed 13.10% or 110 points to 730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 209 to 142 and 119 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.20% or 0.12 to $60.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1315.90 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.26% to 13464.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.32% to 10607.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 91.67.