Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 0.12%

Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Infrastructure , Agriculture and Basic Industry sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS ), which rose 30.86% or 25.00 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Astrindo Nusantara Infrasruktur Tbk PT (JK:BIPI ) added 26.76% or 19.00 points to end at 90.00 and Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA ) was up 24.84% or 770.00 points to 3,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK ), which fell 25.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 3.00 at the close. Ulima Nitra PT (JK:UNIQ ) declined 24.49% or 180.00 points to end at 555.00 and Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN ) was down 12.50% or 1.00 points to 7.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 344 to 261 and 233 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS ) rose to 52-week highs; up 30.86% or 25.00 to 106.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.85% or 0.61 to $71.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.78% or 0.59 to hit $75.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 11.35 to trade at $2,771.15 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.38% to 15,621.30, while AUD/IDR rose 0.07% to 10,406.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.17.

Source: Investing.com