Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 1.23%

Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index added 1.23%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Widodo Makmur Unggas Tbk PT (JK:WMUU), which rose 29.73% or 11.00 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinergi Inti Plastindo (JK:ESIP) added 27.78% or 20.00 points to end at 92.00 and Arkora Hydro Tbk PT (JK:ARKO) was up 24.77% or 275.00 points to 1,385.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI), which fell 10.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 9.00 at the close. Falmaco Nonwoven Industri PT Tbk (JK:FLMC) declined 9.88% or 17.00 points to end at 155.00 and Multi Medika Internasional PT Tbk (JK:MMIX) was down 6.85% or 30.00 points to 408.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 528 to 163 and 142 ended unchanged.

Shares in Express Transindo Utama Tbk (JK:TAXI) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.00% or 1.00 to 9.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.11% or 0.10 to $88.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.04% or 0.04 to hit $95.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 12.02 to trade at $3,897.32 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.07% to 18,206.80, while AUD/IDR fell 0.36% to 12,362.60.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.04.