On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,037. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 4.00 billion and the number of lots traded was 14,498. Major business was contributed by gold PKR 1.359 billion, followed by crude oil PKR 1.354 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 1.12 billion, silver PKR 144.47 million, copper PKR 18.16 million and cotton PKR 1.86 million.