Urad, moong weaken on sluggish demand

In limited deals, prices of urad and moong fell by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale market today on subdued demand from retailers against adequate stocks position.
Traders said sluggish demand from retailers at prevailing levels against sufficient stocks position mainly put pressure on urad and moong prices.
Meanwhile, import of 4.06 lakh tonnes of pulses has been contracted so far for buffer stock, and the total shipments could rise to 10 lakh tonnes, the government said.
In the national capital, urad and its dal chilka local declined by Rs 100 each to Rs 6,900-7,900 and Rs 7,200-7,300 per quintal. Its dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and traded lower by a similar margin to Rs 7,300-7,800 and Rs 7,700-8,000 per quintal, respectively.

Moong and its dal chilka also moved down by Rs 100 each to Rs 5,100-5,600 and Rs 5,600-5,800 per quintal. Its dal dhoya local and best quality enquired lower by the same margin to Rs 6,200-6,700 and Rs 6,700-6,900 per quintal.
Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):

Urad Rs 6,900-7,900, Urad Chilka (local) Rs 7,200-7,300, Urad best Rs 7,300-7,800, Dhoya Rs 7,700-8,000, Moong Rs 5,100-5,600, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 5,600-5,800, Moong Dhoya local Rs 6,200-6,700 and best quality Rs 6,700-6,900.
Masoor small Rs 5,250-5,350, bold Rs 5,300-5,400, Dal Masoor local Rs 5,700-6,200, best quality Rs 5,800-6,300, Malka local Rs 6,300-6,500, best Rs 6,400-6,600, Moth Rs 3,800-4,200, Arhar Rs 6,200, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 8,100-9,900.

Gram Rs 10,000-10,200, Gram dal (local) Rs 10,800-11,100, best quality Rs 11,200-11,300, Besan (35 kg), Shakti Bhog Rs 4,500, Rajdhani Rs 4,500, Rajma Chitra Rs 6,500-9,000, Kabuli Gram small Rs 9,800-10,200, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 5,400-5,600, Peas white Rs 2,700-2,725 and green Rs 3,000-3,100.