On Thursday, at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,104. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 5.44 billion and the number of lots traded was 13,167.

Major business was contributed by currencies through COTS amounting to PKR 2.34 billion, followed by gold PKR 2.10 billion, WTI crude oil PKR 743.65 million, silver PKR 219.78 million, copper PKR 22.45 million and Brent crude oil PKR 4.44 million. In addition to this, in agricultural commodities, 58 lot of cotton amounting to PKR 22.53 million were also traded.

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