KARACHI: On Thursday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,427. The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 11.664 billion and the number of lots traded was 13,420.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 7.283 billion, followed by NSDQ 100 PKR 1.565 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 909.368 million, DJ PKR 647.578 million, silver PKR 551.653 million, crude oil PKR 343.368 million, platinum PKR 195.629 million, SP500 PKR 82.982 million, natural gas PKR 54.631 million and copper PKR 29.355 million.

In agriculture commodities, 9 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 4.707 million and one lot of wheat amounting to PKR 4.099 million were traded.

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