On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,442. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at 5.417 billion and the number of lots traded was 8,245.
Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 1.985 billion, followed by currencies through COTS PKR 1.068 billion, WTI crude oil PKR 1.046 billion, platinum PKR 361.929 million, DJ PKR 347.356 million, SP500 PKR 235.809 million, NSDQ100 PKR 201.091 million, silver PKR 98.641 million, natural gas PKR 35.557 million, copper PKR 21.301 million and Brent PKR 14.525 million. In agricultural commodities, 154lots of cotton amounting to PKR 75.927 million were traded.