Spices maintain stable trend in listless trade

Prices of black pepper, ginger unbleached and copra ruled steady in an otherwise listless spices market here today in the absence of any large-scale buying activities.
Following are today's closing rates (in Rs) with previous rates in brackets:
Black pepper (per kg) 540/630 (540/630), ginger unbleached (per kg) 120 (120), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 9,400 (9,400), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 9,300 (9,300), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 10,300 (10,300), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 10,000 (10,000).