Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 0.12%

Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Agriculture and Basic Industry sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS), which rose 30.86% or 25.00 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Astrindo Nusantara Infrasruktur Tbk PT (JK:BIPI) added 26.76% or 19.00 points to end at 90.00 and Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA) was up 24.84% or 770.00 points to 3,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK), which fell 25.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 3.00 at the close. Ulima Nitra PT (JK:UNIQ) declined 24.49% or 180.00 points to end at 555.00 and Modern Internasional Tbk (JK:MDRN) was down 12.50% or 1.00 points to 7.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 344 to 261 and 233 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS) rose to 52-week highs; up 30.86% or 25.00 to 106.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.85% or 0.61 to $71.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.78% or 0.59 to hit $75.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 11.35 to trade at $2,771.15 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.38% to 15,621.30, while AUD/IDR rose 0.07% to 10,406.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.17.