Indonesia shares lower at close of trade; Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite down 0.29%

Investing.com – Indonesia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite lost 0.29% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite were Saranacentral Bajatama Tbk (JK:BAJA), which rose 29.47% or 28.00 points to trade at 123.00 at the close. Jakarta Setiabudi Internasional (JK:JSPT) added 25.00% or 1,090.00 points to end at 5,450.00 and Daaz Bara Lestari Tbk PT (JK:DAAZ) was up 16.48% or 440.00 points to 3,110.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK), which lost 25.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 3.00 in late trade. Multipolar Technology Tbk (JK:MLPT) declined 19.98% or 6,400.00 points to end at 25,625.00 and Asuransi Bintang Tbk (JK:ASBI) shed 18.46% or 120.00 points to 530.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 439 to 217 and 170 ended unchanged on the Jakarta Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.15% or 0.10 to $67.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 20.80 to trade at $2,590.90 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.27% to 15,856.00, while AUD/IDR fell 0.38% to 10,236.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.62.