On Tuesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,046. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 2.29 billion and the number of lots traded was 7,492. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 1.07 billion, followed by WTI crude oil PKR 518.90 million, silver PKR 382.43 million, currencies through COTS PKR 292.57 million, copper PKR 22.01 million and Brent crude oil PKR 1.52 million. In addition to this, in agricultural commodities, two lots of cotton amounting to PKR 0.732 million were also traded.