Urad, its dal move up on paucity of stocks

In restricted activity, urad and its dal prices firmed up by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today largely on speculative buying driven by paucity of ready stocks.
Elsewhere, other pulses moved in a narrow range on little doing due to absence of demand at prevailing higher levels and settled at previous levels.
Marketmen said speculative buying activity by stockists amid scarcity of stocks mainly attributed to the rise in select pulses prices.
As pulses continued to soar to touch up to Rs 200 per kg, intelligence agencies were yesterday asked to crack down on cartels, while futures trade was curbed to check speculation and buffer stock was hiked over 5-times to 8 lakh tonnes to boost supply in a multi-pronged approach.

Markets regulator Sebi joined hands by banning any fresh futures market position in Chana, the only commodity among pulses where such trading was allowed.
In the national capital, urad and its dal chilka local rose by Rs 200 each to Rs 10,800-12,300 and Rs 11,100-11,200 per quintal, respectively. Its dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 11,200-11,700 and Rs 11,600-11,900 per quintal, respectively.

Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):
Urad Rs 10,800-12,300, Urad Chilka (local) Rs 11,100-11,200, Urad best Rs 11,200-11,700, Dhoya Rs 11,600-11,900, Moong Rs 6,200-6,800, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 6,750-7,150, Moong Dhoya local Rs 7,150-7,650 and best quality Rs 7,650-7,850.

Masoor small Rs 6,050-6,350, bold Rs 6,100-6,400, Dal Masoor local Rs 6,600-7,100, best quality Rs 6,700-7,200, Malka local Rs 7,000-7,300, best Rs 7,100-7,400, Moth Rs 5,500-5,900, Arhar Rs 9,200, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 12,100-13,800.
Gram Rs 7,000-7,500, Gram dal (local) Rs 7,150-7,450, best quality Rs 7,600-7,700, Besan (35 kg), Shakti Bhog Rs 3,100,Rajdhani Rs 3,100, Rajma Chitra Rs 5,600-6,950, Kabuli Gram small Rs 8,000-9,500, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 5,400-5,600, Peas white Rs 3,400-3,425 and green Rs 3,600-3,700.