At Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX), on Tuesday value traded was PKR 4.35 billion and the number of lots traded was 9,532. PMEX Commodity Index closed at 2,873. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 2.31 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 1.00 billion, crude oil PKR 716.80 million, silver PKR 303.16 million and cotton PKR 21.54 million.