Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 1.59%

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

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 1.59% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Super Energy Tbk PT (JK:SURE ), which rose 1,512.90% or 2,345.00 points to trade at 2,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Gowa Makassar Tourism Develop (JK:GMTD ) added 621.74% or 3,575.00 points to end at 4,150.00 and Ulima Nitra PT (JK:UNIQ ) was up 1.57% or 10.00 points to 645.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN ), which fell 99.88% or 6,792.00 points to trade at 8.00 at the close. Lenox Pasifik Investama Tbk PT (JK:LPPS ) declined 99.33% or 8,095.00 points to end at 55.00 and Mitra International Resources (JK:MIRA ) was down 99.23% or 1,166.00 points to 9.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 490 to 204 and 149 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ulima Nitra PT (JK:UNIQ ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.57% or 10.00 to 645.00.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.56% or 0.38 to $68.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.71% or 0.51 to hit $72.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 8.50 to trade at $2,676.60 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.25% to 15,161.95, while AUD/IDR rose 0.52% to 10,492.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.01.

Source: Investing.com