Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 0.52%

Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture, Trade and Property sectors led shares higher.At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index added 0.52% to hit a new 1-month high.The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Metro Realty Tbk (JK:MTSM), which rose 34.91% or 59 points to trade at 228 at the close. Meanwhile, Smr Utama Tbk (JK:SMRU) added 34.46% or 61 points to end at 238 and Inti Kapuas Arowana Tbk (JK:IIKP) was up 25.00% or 735.00 points to 3675.00 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk (JK:MASA), which fell 10.00% or 39 points to trade at 351 at the close. Megapolitan Developments Tbk (JK:EMDE) declined 10.00% or 16 points to end at 144 and Surya Esa Perkasa Tbk (JK:ESSA) was down 9.59% or 175 points to 1650.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 198 to 133 and 54 ended unchanged.Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.28% or 0.86 to $37.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.50% or 0.56 to hit $37.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.18% or 1.90 to trade at $1069.90 a troy ounce.USD/IDR was up 0.92% to 13818.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.31% to 10062.30.The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 98.27.