Pistachio prices edge higher on buying support

Pistachio prices edged up by Rs 5 per kg at the dry fruits market in the national capital today, following increased buying by retailers and stockists amid fall in supplies from overseas markets.
Prices of pistachio hairati and peshwari rose by Rs 5 each to conclude at Rs 1,400-1,475 and Rs 1,560-1,605 per kg, respectively.
Following are today's quotations (per 40 kgs):
Almond (California-new) Rs 16,900-17,100, almond-gurbandi Rs 11,800-12,300, almond (girdhi) Rs 4,800-4,900, abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-25,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 600-610 per kg, almond kernel (gurbandi) Rs 650-750 per kg, chilgoza- (Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 2,450-2,500, cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 1,070-1,080, cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 970-980, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 905-910, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 805-815, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 650-755, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 625-740, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 545-655, copra (qtl) Rs 15,700-18,200, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 4,700-5,400, dry dates-red (qtl) Rs 3,500-12,500, fig Rs 25,000-35,000 (40 kg), kishmish kandhari local Rs 8,000- 10,000 (40 kg), kishmish kandhari special Rs 8,000-20,000 (40 kg), kishmish Indian yellow (40 kg) Rs 3,700-4,400 (40 kg), kishmish Indian green Rs 6,400-8,400 (40 kg), pistachio Irani Rs 1,080-1,150 (1 kg), pistachio hairati Rs 1,400-1,475 (1 kg), pistachio peshawari Rs 1,560-1,605 (1 kg), pistachio dodi (roasted) 725-860 (1 kg), walnut Rs 230-320 and walnut kernel(1 kg) Rs 500-900.