Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 0.43%

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

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index declined 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Agro Yasa Lestari PT Tbk (JK:AYLS ), which rose 34.29% or 36.00 points to trade at 141.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jasnita Telekomindo Tbk PT (JK:JAST ) added 33.33% or 19.00 points to end at 76.00 and Himalaya Energi Perkasa Tbk PT (JK:HADE ) was up 25.00% or 1.00 points to 5.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pool Advista Indonesia Tbk (JK:POOL ), which fell 74.00% or 37.00 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK ) declined 25.00% or 1.00 points to end at 3.00 and Bank Artha Graha Internasional (JK:INPC ) was down 18.13% or 58.00 points to 262.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in Agro Yasa Lestari PT Tbk (JK:AYLS ) rose to 52-week highs; up 34.29% or 36.00 to 141.00. Shares in Jasnita Telekomindo Tbk PT (JK:JAST ) rose to 52-week highs; up 33.33% or 19.00 to 76.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was unchanged 0.00% to 16,190.00, while AUD/IDR fell 10.47% to 9,045.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.

Source: Investing.com