Spices maintain stable trend in mute trade

Prices continued to rule stable in an otherwise mute spices market here today in the absence of any worthwhile buying activity.
Meanwhile, copra office Alapuzha and Copra office Kozhikode market remained closed today.
Following are today's closing rates (in Rs with previous rates in brackets):
Black pepper (per kg) 700/755 (700/755), ginger bleached (per kg) 160 (160), ginger unbleached (per kg) 180 (180), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) closed (6,300), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) closed (6,200), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 12,000 (12,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 8,000 (8,000).