Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Siantar Top Tbk (JK:STTP), which rose 395.45% or 8,700.00 points to trade at 10,900.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk (JK:MLBI) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 5,850.00 and Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (JK:AALI) was up 243.55% or 3,775.00 points to 5,325.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pan Brothers Tbk (JK:PBRX), which fell 99.82% or 8,684.00 points to trade at 16.00 at the close. Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) declined 99.64% or 558.00 points to end at 2.00 and Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK) was down 98.40% or 123.00 points to 2.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 337 to 313 and 174 ended unchanged.
Shares in Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk (JK:MLBI) unchanged to 5-year lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 5,850.00. Shares in Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (JK:AALI) rose to 3-years lows; rising 243.55% or 3,775.00 to 5,325.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.49% or 0.40 to $81.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.49% or 0.41 to hit $84.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.95 to trade at $2,314.15 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was down 0.13% to 16,408.00, while AUD/IDR rose 0.10% to 10,933.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 105.68.