JAKARTA

THE Jakarta Composite Index gained 0.4% to 4,036.23

PT Astra International, Indonesia’s biggest automotive retailer, rose for the first time in five days, adding 2.6% to 71,650 rupiah. PT Federal International, Astra’s financing unit, will offer 2 trillion rupiah (Us$217mil) of fixed-rate bonds April 13-16, it said in a prospectus published in Investor Daily Indonesia.

PT Garuda Indonesia, the national flag carrier, advanced 3.2% to 640 rupiah, the highest close since the stock began trading on Feb. 11, 2011. Garuda’s 2011 net income rose to 805.5 billion rupiah, compared with 515.5 billion a year earlier, it said in a statement published in Bisnis Indonesia.

PT United Tractors, Indonesia’s largest heavy- equipment seller, rose 4.5% to 31,450 rupiah, a record close. - Bloomberg