On Monday, at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 2,980. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 2.577 billion and the number of lots traded was 6,924. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 1.539 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 646.768 million, silver PKR 175.165 million, WTI crude oil PKR 151.475 million, copper PKR 63.050 million and Brent crude oil PKR 0.865 million.

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