On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,028. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 8.03 billion and the number of lots traded was 26,498. Major business was contributed by crude oil amounting to PKR 4.07 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 1.96 billion, gold PKR 1.78 billion, silver PKR 189.72 million, copper PKR 18.65 million and cotton PKR 2.61 million.