Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 1.33%

Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade

Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Infrastructure, Financials and Consumer Industry sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Bayu Buana Tbk, which rose 22.22% or 200 points to trade at 1100 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Energy Mines Tbk added 20.64% or 290 points to end at 1695 and Eka Sari Lorena Transport Tbk was up 20.54% or 23.00 points to 135.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eratex Djaja Tbk , which fell 10.00% or 130 points to trade at 1170 at the close. Duta Anggada Realty Tbk  declined 10.00% or 45 points to end at 405 and Steady Safe TBK PT  was down 10.00% or 15 points to 135.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 202 to 110 and 61 ended unchanged.

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Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.77% or 0.33 to $42.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.86% or 0.38 to hit $44.70 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1236.05 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.09% to 13200.0, while AUD/IDR fell 0.19% to 10177.50.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.51.