Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the rose 0.94% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the were Rukun Raharja Tbk (JK:), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 1,240.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sariguna Primatirta PT (JK:) added 865.22% or 995.00 points to end at 1,110.00 and Saraswanti Anugerah Makmur Pt (JK:) was up 579.17% or 695.00 points to 815.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intraco Penta Tbk (JK:), which fell 99.76% or 3,367.00 points to trade at 8.00 at the close. Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:) declined 99.29% or 556.00 points to end at 4.00 and Intikeramik Alamasri Industri (JK:) was down 98.67% or 740.00 points to 10.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 329 to 319 and 189 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.68% or 0.53 to $78.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.48 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.60 to trade at $2,511.40 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.58% to 15,655.85, while AUD/IDR fell 0.68% to 10,375.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.40.
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