Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 0.73%

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

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index gained 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:PSDN ), which rose 34.67% or 26.00 points to trade at 101.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinergi Inti Andalan Prima Tbk PT (JK:INET ) added 25.86% or 15.00 points to end at 73.00 and Mulia Boga Raya PT (JK:KEJU ) was up 24.69% or 200.00 points to 1,010.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Capitalinc Investment Tbk (JK:MTFN ), which fell 20.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 4.00 at the close. Graha Andrasentra Propertindo Tbk PT (JK:JGLE ) declined 16.67% or 1.00 points to end at 5.00 and Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk (JK:SSIA ) was down 15.99% or 215.00 points to 1,130.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 335 to 294 and 207 ended unchanged.

Shares in Capitalinc Investment Tbk (JK:MTFN ) fell to all time lows; falling 20.00% or 1.00 to 4.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.33% or 0.24 to $71.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.25 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 4.39 to trade at $2,645.39 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.85% to 16,203.60, while AUD/IDR fell 0.04% to 10,054.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 108.25.

Source: Investing.com