Pepper, jeera rise on stockists buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose by Rs 200 per quintal each in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists as well as exporters. Black pepper prices rose by Rs 200 to settle at Rs 18,600-18,700 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also edged higher by Rs 200 to finish at Rs 12,400-12,700 and Rs 13,700-14,200 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiment turned better on rising domestic and exports demand and firming trend at futures market pushed up pepper and jeera prices on the wholesale kirana market here.

They said fall in supplies, as farmers held back their produce in anticipation of higher prices, too influenced the trading sentiment.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 13,500-18,000, black pepper common 18,600-18,700, betelnut (kg) 85-105, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 725-800 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 800-950

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1170-1,330, cardamom (colour robin) 1,425-1,440, cardamom bold 1,450-1,460, cardamom extra (bold) 1,575-1,600 and cloves (kg) 300-380