Indonesia shares lower at close of trade; Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite down 0.46%

Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite declined 0.46%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Multi Garam Utama Tbk PT (JK:FOLK), which rose 34.00% or 17.00 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK) added 33.33% or 1.00 points to end at 4.00 and Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA) was up 24.81% or 960.00 points to 4,830.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Artha Mahiya Investama Tbk PT (JK:AIMS), which lost 21.61% or 134.00 points to trade at 486.00 in late trade. Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS) declined 21.10% or 23.00 points to end at 86.00 and Jhonlin Agro Raya PT Tbk (JK:JARR) shed 20.41% or 80.00 points to 312.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 370 to 227 and 235 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.62% or 1.15 to $71.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.47% or 1.10 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 19.50 to trade at $2,748.90 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.33% to 15,587.35, while AUD/IDR rose 0.01% to 10,376.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.08.