KARACHI: Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited's commodity index on Wednesday closed at 2,983 points, with the total traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX recorded at Rs 3.809 billion.

The number of lots traded was 10,992, says PMEX release on Thursday.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to Rs 1.937 billion, followed by currencies through COTS Rs 747.905 million, WTI crude oil Rs 701.057 million, platinum Rs 260.316 million, silver Rs 122.646 million, copper Rs 30.918 million, natural gas Rs 7.137 million and Brent crude oil.