KARACHI: Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited’s commodity index closed on Wednesday at 3,039 points. The total traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at Rs 4.75 billion and number of lots traded was 17,194, says a press release issued Thursday.
Major business was contributed by gold amounting to Rs1.68 billion, followed by currencies through COTS worth 1.40 billion, WTI crude oil Rs 1.23 billion, silver Rs 267.65 million, copper Rs156.72 million and brent crude oil Rs 2.28 million. In agricultural commodities, 15 lots of cotton amounting to Rs5.90 million was also traded.
