At Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX), on Thursday value traded was PKR 3.65 billion and the number of lots traded was 60,264. PMEX Commodity Index closed at 2,873. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 1.44 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 1.19 billion, crude oil PKR 907.25 million, silver PKR 58.38 million, cotton PKR 46.13 million and red chilli PKR 9.42 million.