Select copra spurts on heavy demand; pepper, ginger gains

Copra edible, copra office Alapuzha and copra Kozhikode prices spurted at the Spices market here today due to heavy stockists and millers demand as well as higher export offtake on the back of restricted arrivals from producing regions.
Elsewhere, black pepper and ginger also advanced on rising retail demand.
Copra office Alapuzha, copra Kozhikode and copra edible prices surge by Rs 300 per quintal each to Rs 7,500, Rs 7,400 and Rs 8,500 from Monday's closing level of Rs 7,200, Rs 7,100 and Rs 8,200, respectively.
Black pepper gained by Rs 10 per kg to Rs 541/591 as against Rs 531/581.

Ginger bleached and unbleached went up by Rs 5 per kg each to Rs 200 and Rs 210 from Rs 195 and Rs 205, respectively.
Following are today's closing rates in Rs with previous rates in brackets:
Black pepper (per kg) 531/581 (521/565), ginger bleached (per kg) 195 (190), ginger unbleached (per kg) 205 (200), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 7,500 (7,200), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 7,400 (7,100), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 9,000 (9,000) Copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 8,500 (8,200).