On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,712. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 9.125 billion and the number of lots traded 11,083. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 3.604 billion followed by NSDQ100 PKR 1.832 billion, WTI crude oil PKR 1.419 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 1.133 billion, silver PKR 436.925 million, platinum PKR 389.427 million, Palladium PKR 121.825 million, DJ PKR 86.311 million, SP500 PKR 39.007 million, natural gas PKR 27.763 million, copper PKR 24.916 million, Brent crude oil PKR 6.676 million and Japan Equity PKR 2.970 million. In agriculture commodities 4 lots of cotton valued at PKR 1.972 million were traded.

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