RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,400.

The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 9.312 billion and the number of lots traded was 17,773.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 5.240 billion, followed by WTI crude oil PKR 1.242 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 993.928million, platinum PKR 459.463 million, silver PKR 423.849 million, NSDQ100 PKR 359.308 million, DJ PKR 333.390 million, SP500 PKR 84.714 million, natural gas PKR 72.692 million, Brent 57.171 million and copper 44.795million.

In agricultural commodities, 63 lots of cotton amounting to PKR 30.428 million were traded.