KARACHI: On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,991. The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 10.675 billion and the number of lots traded was 16,231.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 6.409 billion, followed by silver PKR 2.035 billion, platinum PKR 777.294 million, currencies through COTS PKR 453.704 million, NSDQ 100 PKR 429.571 million, crude oil PKR 262.959 million, natural gas PKR 131.926 million, DJ PKR 122.541 million, SP500 PKR 32.340 million and copper PKR 19.643 million. In agriculture commodities, 4 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 2.161 million were traded.

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