Moong, its dal moves down on sluggish demand

In restricted activity, moong and its dal prices fell by Rs 100 per quintal on the wholesale pulses market owing to slackness in demand at prevailing level against supply.

Other commodities, however, traded in a narrow range on alternate bouts of trading and settled around previous levels.

Moong and its dal chilka local fell by Rs 100 each to Rs 5,200-5,600 and Rs 6,100-6,500 per quintal.     
Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Urad 5,300-5,850, Urad chilka (local) 5,800-6,200, best 6,700-7,000, Dhoya 6,800-6,900, Moong 5,200-5,600, Dal moong chilka local 6,100-6,500, Moong Dhoya local 6,400-6,600 and best quality 6,800-7,000

Masoor small 3,300-3,500, bold 3,500-3,750, Dal Masoor local 4,000-4,100, best quality 4,300-4,600, Malka local 4,000-4,050, best 4,150-4,250, Moth 5,150-5,450, Arhar 3,900-4,000, dal arhar dara 4,900-5,300

Gram 2,250-2,275, gram dal (local) 2,500-2,525, best quality 2,625-2,725, besan (35 kg) Shakti bhog 1,050, Rajdhani 1,050, Rajmah chitra Pune 3,400-4,000

China 3,500- 4,000, red 3,400-3,500, kabli gram small 4,300-5,500, dabra 2,700-2,800, imported 4,500-4,900, lobia 3,700-3,800, peas white 1,950- 2,050 and green 2,150-2,350