KARACHI: On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,507.

The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 11.012 billion and the number of lots traded was 14,234.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 7.366 billion, followed by DJ PKR 811.259 million, currencies through COTS PKR 732.687 million, NSDQ 100 PKR 647.852 million, crude oil PKR 432.643 million, silver PKR 408.881 million, platinum PKR 251.817 million, natural gas PKR 200.495 million, SP500 PKR 99.503 million and copper PKR 60.058 million.

In agriculture commodities, 5 lots of wheat amounting to PKR 22.099 million and 2 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 1.057 million were traded.

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