Investing.com – Indonesia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Miscellaneous Industry, Basic Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Verena Multi Finance Tbk (JK:VRNA), which rose 23.16% or 22 points to trade at 117 at the close. Nusa Konstruksi Enjiniring Tbk (JK:DGIK) added 18.60% or 24 points to end at 153 and Jaya Agra Wattie Tbk (JK:JAWA) was up 12.03% or 16 points to 149 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trada Maritime Tbk (JK:TRAM), which lost 34.21% or 65 points to trade at 125 in late trade. Island Concepts Indonesia Tbk (JK:ICON) declined 23.89% or 118 points to end at 376 and Kokoh Inti Arebama Tbk (JK:KOIN) shed 21.88% or 70 points to 250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 150 to 150 and 114 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.44% or 0.24 to $54.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.44% or 0.25 to hit $56.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.95 to trade at $1256.35 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.16% to 13326.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.50% to 10247.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.87.