On Monday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,579. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 9.054billion and the number of lots traded 12,706. Major business was contributed by NSDQ100 amounting to PKR 4.258 billion, followed by gold PKR 1.978 billion, WTI crude oil PKR 1.568 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 579.752 million, DJ PKR 296.502 million, platinum PKR 145.487 million, silver PKR 85.321 million, SP500 PKR 73.176 million, Japanese Equity 225 PKR 22.362 million, natural gas PKR 20.965 million, Brent crude oil PKR 16.951 million and copper PKR 8.084 million. In agriculture commodities 3 lots of cotton valued PKR1.533 million were traded.

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