On Thursday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,244. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 5.481 billion and the numbers of lots traded were 7,123. Major business was contributed by Gold amounting to PKR 1.848 billion, followed by Currencies through COTS PKR 1.103 billion, WTI Crude Oil PKR 1.033 billion, NSDQ100 PKR 675.054 billion, DJ PKR 355.708 million, Platinum PKR 147.996 million, Silver PKR 110.308 million, SP500 PKR 81.321 million, Palladium PKR 50.356 million, Natural Gas PKR 41.856 million, Brent Crude Oil PKR 19.106 million and Copper PKR 14.288 million. In agriculture one lot of Cotton amounting at PKR 0.474 million was traded.

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