Arhar weakens on sluggish demand

Barring a fall in arhar prices on sluggish demand, other commodities remained steady in the wholesale pulses market today.

Market analysts said easy availability of stocks in the market against sluggish demand mainly helped arhar and its dal prices to decline.

In the national capital, arhar and its dal prices declined by Rs 50 each to Rs 3,250-3,750 and Rs 4,850-5,250 per quintal, respectively.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Urad 3,900-4,300, Urad chilka (local) 4,800-5,200, best 5,300-5,800, Dhoya 5,250-5,350, Moong 4,000-5,000, Dal moong chilka local 5,000-5,400, Moong Dhoya local 5,300-5,500 and best quality 5,900-6,100.

Masoor small 2,950-3,150, bold 3,100-3,350, Dal Masoor local 3,500-3,600, best quality 3,800-4,100, Malka local 3,450-3,500, best 3,600-3,700, Moth 1,700-2,000, Arhar 3,250-3,750, dal arhar dara 4,850-5,250.

Gram 2,450-2,475, gram dal(local) 2,850-2,865, best quality 2,950-3,075, besan (35 kg) Shakti bhog 1,150, Rajdhani 1,150, Rajmah chitra Pune 3,400-3,800, China 3,500-4,000, red 3,750-3,850, kabli gram small 5,150-6,650, dabra 2,700-2,800, imported 4,700-5,100, lobia 4,500-5,000, peas white 2,100-2,200 and green 2,250-2,450.