Caustic soda prices rose Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital today mostly supported by a fall in supplies from producing belts amid a firm demand from consuming industries.
Caustic soda flake rose Rs 50 to Rs 1,750-1,850 per 50 kg.
Marketmen said that apart from good demand from detergent manufacturers, tight supplies from producing belts pushed up caustic soda prices at the wholesale chemical market here.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 2,000-3,000, Acetic acid (1kg) Rs 53-57, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 550-700, Boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 4,500-5,000, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,200-2,500.
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,750-1,850, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,450-3,650, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,800-4,000, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 365, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 330, Glycerin (1 kg) Rs 140-160, Hexamine (1kg) Rs 94, Hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 35-50, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,060, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,050 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,080.
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 83
Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 107
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 106
Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,330
Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,310
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,315
Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,310
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 110-150
Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 140 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 125 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 140-183 Sodium silicate(50 kg) Rs 1,050-1,400
Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,250
Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 2,500-2,750
Sodium bio-carbonate-tata (50 kg) Rs 1,370 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 500-700 Tartaric acid France (1 kg) Rs 500
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 525
Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 115-350
Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,700-2,800 Zinc oxide (Kg) 150-180.
