Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Industry, Basic Industry and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index rose 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Merdeka Copper Gold TBK PT (JK:MDKA), which rose 20.00% or 325 points to trade at 1950 at the close. Meanwhile, Greenwood Sejahtera Tbk (JK:GWSA) added 17.02% or 16 points to end at 110 and Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (JK:MEDC) was up 12.97% or 155 points to 1350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahaka Radio Integra Tbk PT (JK:MARI), which fell 9.93% or 70 points to trade at 635 at the close. Nusantara Inti Corpora Tbk (JK:UNIT) declined 9.80% or 24.00 points to end at 221.00 and Bank Qnb Indonesia Tbk (JK:BKSW) was down 9.74% or 34 points to 315.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 145 to 143 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahaka Radio Integra Tbk PT (JK:MARI) fell to all time lows; down 9.93% or 70 to 635.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.52% or 0.60 to $38.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.74% or 0.71 to hit $40.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1219.90 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.25% to 13361.0, while AUD/IDR fell 1.81% to 9926.35.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 95.95.