On Thursday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,035. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 5.15 billion and the number of lots traded was 16,170. Major business was contributed by crude oil amounting to PKR 2.45 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 1.39 billion, gold PKR 1.19 billion, silver PKR 85.69 million, copper PKR 6.91 million and cotton PKR 4.87 million.