Ginger unbleached slips on sluggish demand

Ginger unbleached slipped at the spices market here today on sluggish demand from stockists and retailers.

Elsewhere, copper edible Mumbai also fell owing to lower demand from stockists and retailers.

While, copra office Kozhikode and copra rajapur Mumbai gained due to good demand from stockists and retailers.

Meanwhile, black pepper and copra office Alapuzzha ruled steady in the absence of any large-scale buying.

Ginger bleached declined by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 120 from last Saturday's close at Rs 125 and copra edible Mumbai dipped by Rs 300 per quintal to Rs 10,600 as compared to Rs 10,900 previously.
 

Copra rajapur Mumbai firmed up by Rs 300 per quintal to Rs 11,300 as against last weekend's closing level of Rs 11,000 and copra office Kozhikode rose by Rs 100 per quintal to Rs 10,100 from Rs 10,000 last weekend.

Following are today's closing rates (in Rs with previous rates in brackets):

Black pepper (per kg) 490/580 (490/580), ginger unbleached (per kg) 120 (125), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 10,200 (10,200), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 10,100 (10,000), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 11,300 (11,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 10,600 (10,900).