On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,054. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 2.40 billion and the number of lots traded was 6,400. Major business was contributed by currencies through COTS amounting to PKR 803.20 million, followed by WTI crude oil PKR 756.02 million, gold PKR 678.38 million, silver PKR 128.22 million, , copper PKR 28.75 million and Brent crude oil PKR 8.51 million. In addition to this, in agricultural commodities, one lot of cotton amounting to PKR 0.366 million was also traded.

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