KARACHI: On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,500.
The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 11.030 billion and the number of lots traded was 10,638.
Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 7.298 billion, followed by DJ PKR 817.583 million, currencies through COTS PKR 811.534 million, silver PKR 725.806 million, NSDQ 100 PKR 675.921 million, crude oil PKR 322.584 million, platinum PKR 177.931 million, SP500 PKR 97.631 million, natural gas PKR 61.792 million and copper PKR 53.626 million.
In agriculture commodities, 8 lots of wheat amounting to PKR 36.225 million and 2 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 1.044 million were traded.
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