Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited traded value hits record Rs11.3 trillion in FY26

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX) closed FY2025-26 with record activity, as total traded value rose 22% year-on-year to Rs11.3 trillion.

PMEX, Pakistan’s only licensed commodity futures exchange, also recorded an 87% increase in trading activity to 17.2 million lots during the year. New investor accounts grew 58%, while the exchange posted its highest-ever single-day traded value of Rs177 billion.

The exchange also expanded its domestic deliverable agricultural futures contracts, covering wheat, rice, maize and sugar. PMEX said more than 650 metric tonnes of local agricultural commodities were traded within weeks of the launch of these contracts.

During the year, PMEX held awareness campaigns, roadshows and broker engagement sessions to increase participation by farmers, traders, processors, exporters and agribusinesses.

PMEX also expanded retail investor access through PMEX Sahulat Accounts and continued investor education and broker capacity-building programmes.

MD and CEO of PMEX Khurram Zafar said the performance reflected growing confidence in Pakistan’s regulated commodity futures market and continued trust of investors, brokers and stakeholders.

He said PMEX would continue to develop transparent and efficient commodity markets, expand agricultural futures and broaden investor participation.

The exchange said it would keep expanding its product portfolio, use technology, strengthen the domestic agricultural commodity ecosystem and deepen Pakistan’s regulated commodity futures market.