Turmeric, jeera rise on stockists buying

Turmeric and jeera prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal each in the national capital today on fresh buying by stockists as well as exporters. Tight stocks in the market as stockists held back stocks in anticipations of better prices also influenced the prices.

Turmeric prices rose by Rs 100 to conclude at Rs 8,400-14,400 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 13,900-14,200 and Rs 16,100-16,200 against previous closing of Rs 13,800-14,100 and Rs 16,000-16,100 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiments turned better following pick-up in domestic and export demand against restricted arrivals mainly pushed up turmeric and jeera prices in the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations:

Ajwain 17,500-23,000, black pepper common 27,700-27,900, betelnut (kg) 110-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 880-900, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,010-1,140

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 600-630, cardamom (colour robin) 610-640, cardamom bold 630-660, cardamom extra (bold) 890-920 and cloves (kg) 660-720

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 600-700 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 9,000-10,500 Dhania Rs 5,800-10,500 Dry ginger Rs 15,000-21,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,000-9,500 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,400-1,600 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,750-1,800

Methiseed Rs 3,000-4,000 Makhana (kg) Rs 300-350 Nutmeg Rs 710-730 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 145 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 155-210 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 160 Red chillies Rs 9,100-13,100

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,35,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-13,500 Turmeric Rs 8,400-14,400 Tamarind Rs 3,700-3,900 Tamarind without seed Rs 5,000-8,500

Tea (kg) Rs 70-220 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 120 Jeera common Rs 13,900-14,200 Jeera best Rs 16,100-16,200