Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Jakarta, the lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Pudjiadi Prestige Tbk (JK:), which rose 34.67% or 69.00 points to trade at 268.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Newport Marine Services PT Tbk (JK:) added 33.77% or 52.00 points to end at 206.00 and Asuransi Jiwa Syariah Jasa Mitra Abadi Tbk PT (JK:) was up 25.66% or 29.00 points to 142.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exploitasi Energi Indonesia (JK:), which fell 14.29% or 1.00 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Diamond Citra Propertindo PT (JK:) declined 12.50% or 1.00 points to end at 7.00 and Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:) was down 11.20% or 70.00 points to 555.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 341 to 260 and 226 ended unchanged.
Shares in Newport Marine Services PT Tbk (JK:) rose to all time highs; gaining 33.77% or 52.00 to 206.00. Shares in Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.20% or 70.00 to 555.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.29% or 0.20 to $69.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.30 to trade at $2,625.70 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.33% to 15,890.10, while AUD/IDR rose 0.18% to 10,364.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 106.36.