On Tuesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,646. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 4.562 billion and the number of lots traded 8,616.

Major business was contributed by WTI crude oil PKR 1.780 billion followed by gold amounting to PKR 851.662 million, NSDQ100 PKR 753.336 million, currencies through COTS PKR 697.674 million, DJ PKR 153.706 million, silver PKR 152.776 million, platinum PKR 73.923 million, SP500 PKR 43.756 million, Palladium PKR 18.558 million, Brent crude oil PKR 14.677 million, copper PKR 12.828 million and natural gas PKR 9.235 million. In agriculture commodities 7 lots of cotton valued at PKR 8.105 million were traded.

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