Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Financials and Consumer Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite gained 0.24% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Bank Rakyat Indonesia Agroniaga (JK:AGRO), which rose 34.51% or 39 points to trade at 152 at the close. Radana Bhaskara Finance Tbk (JK:HDFA) added 24.14% or 35 points to end at 180 and Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) was up 21.05% or 20 points to 115 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cakra Mineral Tbk (JK:CKRA), which lost 10.00% or 9 points to trade at 81 in late trade. Victoria Investama Tbk (JK:VICO) declined 10.00% or 14 points to end at 126 and Island Concepts Indonesia Tbk (JK:ICON) shed 9.92% or 24 points to 218.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 145 and 89 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.09% or 0.04 to $43.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.41 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1249.30 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.04% to 13182.5, while AUD/IDR rose 0.24% to 10223.00.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.74.