KARACHI: On Monday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,459.

The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 9.637 billion and the number of lots traded was 12,419.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 6.052 billion, followed by NSDQ 100 PKR 998.871 million, currencies through COTS PKR 563.140 million, silver PKR 495.422 million, platinum PKR 397.948 million, DJ PKR 321.274 million, copper PKR 265.462 million, natural gas PKR 258.787 million, crude oil PKR 19.372 million and SP500 PKR 64.706 million.

In agriculture commodities, 8 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 4.230 million, one lot of wheat amounting to PKR 4.113 million and one lot of corn amounting to PKR 2.974 million were traded.

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