On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,193. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 4.877 billion and the numbers of lots traded were 9,139.

Major business was contributed by WTI Crude Oil amounting to PKR 1.566 billion, followed by Gold PKR 1.551 billion, Currencies through COTS PKR 550.554 million, NSDQ100 PKR 362.007 million, DJ PKR 299.477 million, Silver PKR 159.606 million, Platinum PKR 148.050 million, Palladium PKR 122.267 million, Natural Gas PKR 46.892 million, SP500 PKR 39.739 million, Copper PKR 15.542 million and Brent Crude Oil PKR 15.429 million. In agriculture two lots of Wheat amounting at PKR 7.500 million and 12 lots of Cotton amounting at PKR 5.564 million were traded.

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