KARACHI: On Tuesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, the total traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 5.607 billion and the number of lots traded was 14,630. PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,070.

Major business was contributed by gold amounting to PKR 3.022 billion, followed by WTI crude oil PKR 1.172 billion, currencies through COTS PKR 980.102 million, platinum PKR 195.588 million, silver PKR 174.303 million, copper PKR 27.879 million, natural gas PKR 21.767 million and Brent crude oil PKR 13.108 million.