KARACHI: Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited’s commodity index on Tuesday closed at 3,034 points.
The traded value of metals, energy and COTS/FX was recorded at Rs 5.547 billion and the number of lots traded was 9,764, says press release here on Wednesday.
Major business was contributed by gold amounting to Rs 2.405 billion, followed by WTI crude oil Rs 935.600 million, currencies through COTS Rs 926.445 million, DJIA Rs 567.856 million, silver Rs 362.160 million, platinum Rs 188.100 million, copper Rs 55.565 million, NSDQ100 Rs 43.829 million, natural gas Rs 40.386 million, SNP500 Rs 19.110 million and Brent crude oil Rs 3.294 million. In agricultural commodities,65,599 lots of red chili amounting to Rs 10.348 million were traded.
