Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the were Maha Properti Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:), which rose 1,181.82% or 1,300.00 points to trade at 1,410.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Kentjana Tbk (JK:) added 1,180.95% or 24,800.00 points to end at 26,900.00 and Damai Sejahtera Abadi Tbk PT (JK:) was up 135.64% or 137.00 points to 238.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk PT (JK:), which fell 99.78% or 8,481.00 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Prasidha Aneka Niaga Tbk (JK:) declined 97.33% or 2,920.00 points to end at 80.00 and Quantum Clovera Investama Tbk PT (JK:) was down 97.21% or 209.00 points to 6.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 359 to 299 and 178 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.25% or 1.68 to $76.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.06% or 1.61 to hit $79.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 9.85 to trade at $2,461.75 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.21% to 16,287.55, while AUD/IDR fell 0.87% to 10,575.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 104.06.
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