Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 0.44%

Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Jakarta, the added 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Pyridam Farma Tbk (JK:), which rose 34.48% or 60.00 points to trade at 234.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royalindo Investa Wijaya (JK:) added 34.21% or 39.00 points to end at 153.00 and Krida Jaringan Nusantara Tbk PT (JK:) was up 28.67% or 43.00 points to 193.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Geoprima Solusi Tbk PT (JK:), which fell 14.44% or 52.00 points to trade at 308.00 at the close. Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:) declined 14.29% or 1.00 points to end at 6.00 and Indo Straits Tbk (JK:) was down 13.99% or 40.00 points to 246.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 330 to 299 and 218 ended unchanged.

Shares in Royalindo Investa Wijaya (JK:) rose to 52-week highs; up 34.21% or 39.00 to 153.00.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.18% or 0.14 to $77.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $80.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.80 to trade at $2,747.90 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was up 0.24% to 16,376.20, while AUD/IDR rose 0.34% to 10,178.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 108.93.