Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Industry, Manufacturing and Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite fell 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Jakarta Setiabudi Internasional (JK:JSPT), which rose 24.88% or 510.000 points to trade at 2560.000 at the close. Multifiling Mitra Indonesia (JK:MFMI) added 14.58% or 70 points to end at 550 and Indorama Synthetics Tbk (JK:INDR) was up 13.64% or 105 points to 875 in late trade.
Biggest losers included First Media Tbk (JK:KBLV), which lost 9.92% or 250 points to trade at 2270 in late trade. Fortune Indonesia Tbk (JK:FORU) declined 9.87% or 30 points to end at 274 and Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) shed 9.80% or 20 points to 184.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 111 and 106 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.49% or 0.26 to $53.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $55.58 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.15 to trade at $1135.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.24% to 13461.8, while AUD/IDR fell 0.26% to 9722.65.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 103.22.