Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bank Dinar Indonesia Tbk (JK:), which rose 34.68% or 43.00 points to trade at 167.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nusantara Almazia (JK:) added 31.08% or 23.00 points to end at 97.00 and Equity Development Investment (JK:) was up 25.00% or 13.00 points to 65.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:), which fell 25.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 3.00 at the close. Berkah Beton Sadaya Tbk PT (JK:) declined 16.67% or 1.00 points to end at 5.00 and Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:) was down 12.50% or 1.00 points to 7.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 343 to 266 and 229 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Dinar Indonesia Tbk (JK:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 34.68% or 43.00 to 167.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.34% or 0.24 to $70.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.25 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 7.60 to trade at $2,698.90 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.36% to 15,514.90, while AUD/IDR fell 0.16% to 10,363.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.44.
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