Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 1.58%

Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Infrastructure , Financials and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index added 1.58%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were PT Trimuda Nuansa Citra Tbk (JK:TNCA ), which rose 28.80% or 55.00 points to trade at 246.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pelangi Indah Canindo Tbk (JK:PICO ) added 27.50% or 33.00 points to end at 153.00 and Green Power Group Tbk PT (JK:LABA ) was up 24.83% or 72.00 points to 362.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jakarta Int Hotels & Dev (JK:JIHD ), which fell 24.88% or 500.00 points to trade at 1,510.00 at the close. Satu Visi Putra PT Tbk (JK:VISI ) declined 22.91% or 41.00 points to end at 138.00 and Electronic City Indonesia Tbk (JK:ECII ) was down 17.22% or 62.00 points to 298.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 377 to 239 and 217 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.20% or 0.14 to $70.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $73.82 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 6.95 to trade at $2,660.95 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.16% to 15,928.00, while AUD/IDR fell 1.09% to 10,234.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.44.

Source: Investing.com