Pepper, jeera up on stockists buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose Rs 300 per quintal each in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists as well as exporters.

Black pepper prices were up by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 20,800-20,900 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 13,700-13,900 and Rs 14,900-15,400, against the previous closing of Rs 13,400-13,600 and Rs 14,600-15,100 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiment turned better following improved domestic and export demand and firming trend at futures market, pushed up pepper and jeera prices.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 13,500-19,000, black pepper common 20,800-20,900 betelnut (kg) 86-107, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 730-750 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 825-975

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 920-1,040, cardamom (colour robin) 1,000-1,010, cardamom bold 1,030-1,040, cardamom extra (bold) 1,220-1,240 and cloves (kg) 285-35

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 415-445 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,100-8,700 Dry ginger Rs 20,000-25,000 Kalaunji Rs 10,200-12,200 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,125-1,325 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,500-1,550

Methiseed Rs 3,000-3,900 Makhana (per kg) Rs 150-220 Nutmeg Rs 520-555 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 240 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 240-290 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 240 Red chillies Rs 5,000-10,000

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 1,20,000-1,30,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,55,000-1,70,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,800-15,000 Turmeric Rs 16,000-18,800 Tamarind Rs 2,200-2,550 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500

Tea (kg) Rs 65-200 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 135 Jeera common Rs 13,700-13,900 Jeera best Rs 14,900-15,400