Spices ends steady on reduced offtake

A stable trend was witnessed at the spices market here today on reduced offtake from retailers and stockists at higher levels.

Following are today's closing rates in rupees, with the previous rates in brackets:

Black Pepper (per kilo) 211/225 (211/225), ginger bleached (per kilo) 235 (235), ginger unbleached (per kilo) 250 (250), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 4,800 (4,800)

copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 4,600 (4,600), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 6,600 (6,600) and copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 5,600 (5,600)