On Monday, at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,155. The total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 6.23 billion and the number of lots traded was 14,141. Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 2.48 billion, followed by currencies through COTS (PKR 2.25 billion), WTI crude oil PKR 1.20 billion, silver PKR 256.53 million, copper PKR 38.16 million and Brent crude oil PKR 2.41 million. In addition to this, in agricultural commodities, 62 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 24.72 million were also traded.