Arrivals of chilli crop stood at 0.75-0.8lakh bags; however trades have declined as buyers/ exporters await prices to decline further. Spot rates were down & quoted at '54-'58 per kg, based on crop quality.
Arrivals of jeera crop were steady ~30,000- 32,000 bags while trades declined to below 25,000 bags at auctions held at Unjha market. Spot rates were down & quoted at '128-'130 per kg at Unjha market, as per local traders.
Spot rates of pepper garbled declined '359 per kg and that of un-garbled was down at '344 per kg while arrivals declined to 17 tons & trades were down at 17 tons at auctions held at Kochi market, as per IPSTA.
Arrivals of turmeric crop declined to about 25,000 bags at Nizamabad, while supply at mandis of Erode stood at 6,000-6,500 bags. Spot rates were steady & quoted at '65-'68 per kg, as per local traders.
Average price of small cardamom increased to '667.7 per kg while maximum price offered was up at '1,061 per kg, as per spice board. Total inflow of small cardamom crop increased to 91 tons from which ~89.8 tons were sold at SIGC auction held at Kochi.
Arrivals of Soya bean crop eased slightly to ~0.7lakh bags at MP market & down to about 2,000 bags at mandis of Indore while arrivals of about 15,000 bags were reported at Rajasthan & ~25,000 bags across mandis of Maharashtra, as per local traders.
Spot rates of soya bean crop offered by planters were down at '40.5-'41 per kg while rates across major mandis declined to '39-'40 per kg, as per local traders.
Inflow of mustard seed crop increased to 374,002 quintals, while average of closing spot rates were down at '3,159.9 per quintal, as per agriculture marketing board of Rajasthan.
Total arrivals of mustard seed crop declined to about 6lakh bags across major trading center while spot rates were down & quoted at '34.5- '36.5 per kg based on quality & location, as per market reports.
Chana futures traded in a narrow range for most part of the session, while spot rates were steady on the back of increase in arrivals at major mandis & good demand for the same among local buyers.
Mentha oil futures recovered from early losses to close higher on short-covering/ buying support at lower levels. However, spot rates were down by another '10-'12 per kg, on poor demand steady across major mandis.
