On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 2,834. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 6.669 billion and the number of lots traded was 29,022. Major business was contributed by WTI crude oil mounting to PKR 2.730 billion, followed by gold PKR 1.813 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 1.614 billion, copper PKR 300.229 million, platinum PKR 107.657 million, silver PKR 83.703 million, natural gas PKR 13.466 million and Brent crude oil PKR 2.805 million.

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