Indonesia stocks higher at close of trade; IDX Composite Index up 0.31%

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Indonesia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Property, Consumer Industry and Basic Industry sectors led shares higher.At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index rose 0.31%.The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Bintang Mitra Semestaraya Tbk (JK:BMSR), which rose 28.95% or 33.00 points to trade at 147.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Steady Safe TBK PT (JK:SAFE) added 17.65% or 18 points to end at 120 and Alam Sutera Realty Tbk (JK:ASRI) was up 16.27% or 68 points to 486 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Bank Qnb Indonesia Tbk (JK:BKSW), which fell 9.84% or 38 points to trade at 348 at the close. Global Teleshop Tbk (JK:GLOB) declined 9.82% or 55 points to end at 505 and Dwi Aneka Jaya Kemasindo Tbk (JK:DAJK) was down 9.78% or 9.00 points to 83.00.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 161 to 124 and 98 ended unchanged.Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.60% or 0.30 to $49.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.69% or 0.35 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.70% or 9.00 to trade at $1283.10 a troy ounce.USD/IDR was down 0.09% to 13248.0, while AUD/IDR rose 0.49% to 9935.05.The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 93.49.