Pepper, jeera rise on fresh buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose by Rs 200 per quintal each in the national capital today on fresh buying by retailers as well as exporters.

Tight stocks in the market as speculators held back their produce in anticipations of better prices, which influenced the surge. Black pepper prices rose by Rs 200 to conclude at Rs 20,500-20,700 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 14,100-14,400 and Rs 15,300-15,800, against the previous closing of Rs 13,900-14,200 and Rs 14,100-15,600 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiment turned better on pick up in domestic and export demand, against restricted arrivals, which pushed up pepper and jeera prices on the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 14,000-19,000, black pepper common 20,500-20,700, betelnut (kg) 85-105, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 775-780 and cardamom brown -Kanchicut (kg) 850-950

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,200-1,330, cardamom (colour robin) 1,350-1,365, cardamom bold 1,370-1,380, cardamom extra (bold) 1,560-1,580 and cloves (kg) 320-400

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 410-450 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,400-8,500 Dry ginger Rs 22,000-25,500 Kalaunji Rs 10,000-11,800 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1200-1350 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1550-1650 Methiseed Rs 3,200-4,200 Makhana (per kg) Rs 120-160

Nutmeg Rs 525-560 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 200 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 200-250 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 180 Red chillies Rs 4,900-9,000 Soya bari pariwar (20 kg) Rs 350-400

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 1,20,000-1,30,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,55,000-1,70,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,500-15,000 Turmeric Rs 16,000-19,200 Tamarind Rs 2,250-2,600 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500 Tea (kg) Rs 60-175

Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 235 Jeera common Rs 14,100-14,400 Jeera best Rs 15,300-15,800