Bajra declines on reduced offtake
In restricted activity, bajra prices declined by Rs 10 per quintal in the wholesale grains market today on reduced industrial demand, against adequate stocks position.
Elsewhere, prices continued to trade in a narrow range on alternate bouts of trading and pegged around previous levels.
Traders said adequate stocks positions against fall in industrial demand led to a fall in wholesale bajra prices. Bajra lost Rs 10 to Rs 980-990 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:
Wheat MP (deshi) 1,700-1,800, wheat dara (for mills) 1,220-1,225 chakki atta (delivery) 1,225-1,230, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 650- 670 (50 kg)
Maida 770-800 (50 kilos) and Sooji 880-900 (50 kg) Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,300, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, Super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,500-5,600, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,400-4,900
Permal raw 1,875-1,925, Permal wand 1,950-2,100, Sela 2,175-2,225 and Rice IR-8- 1,700- 1,725, Bajra 980-990, Jowar yellow 1,400-1,500, white 2,450- 2,500, Maize 1,050-1,060, Barley (UP) 1,090-1,110 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090