Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Agriculture and Basic Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index added 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Eratex Djaja Tbk (JK:ERTX), which rose 35.00% or 70.00 points to trade at 270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ever Shine Textile Industry (JK:ESTI) added 34.67% or 52.00 points to end at 202.00 and Nusantara Almazia (JK:NZIA) was up 34.09% or 30.00 points to 118.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royalindo Investa Wijaya (JK:INDO), which fell 14.97% or 56.00 points to trade at 318.00 at the close. Kioson Komersial Indonesia Tbk PT (JK:KIOS) declined 14.29% or 22.00 points to end at 132.00 and Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk (JK:LMPI) was down 13.43% or 36.00 points to 232.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 541 to 233 and 75 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.76% or 1.15 to $64.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.72% or 1.20 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 4.71% or 251.96 to trade at $5,102.84 a troy ounce.
USD/IDR was up 0.24% to 16,785.90, while AUD/IDR fell 0.39% to 11,752.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.38.







