On Tuesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,278.

The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 7.397 billion and the number of lots traded was 12,734.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 4.867 billion, followed by crude oil PKR 644.489 million, NSDQ 100 PKR 397.079 million, DJ PKR 392.812 million, currencies through COTS PKR 364.931 million, silver PKR 276.796 million, SP500 PKR 246.303 million, natural gas PKR 72.784 million, Japan equity PKR 65.384 million, platinum PKR 60.353 million and copper PKR 8.407 million.

In agriculture commodities 19 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 16.511 million and 2 lots of wheat amounting to PKR 9.236 million were traded.