Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 0.23%

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

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were First Media Tbk (JK:KBLV), which rose 34.69% or 34.00 points to trade at 132.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dua Putra Utama Makmur PT (JK:DPUM) added 28.30% or 15.00 points to end at 68.00 and Pt Pakuan Tbk (JK:UANG) was up 25.00% or 106.00 points to 530.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Berlina Tbk (JK:BRNA), which fell 14.89% or 140.00 points to trade at 800.00 at the close. Pt Topindo Solusi Komunika (JK:TOSK) declined 12.50% or 8.00 points to end at 56.00 and Cipta Sarana Medika Tbk PT (JK:DKHH) was down 9.52% or 12.00 points to 114.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 402 to 259 and 182 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.91% or 0.58 to $63.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.78% or 0.52 to hit $66.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 3.85 to trade at $3,387.05 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.58% to 16,170.70, while AUD/IDR rose 0.64% to 10,522.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.79.