Spices maintain stable trend

Spices maintained a stable trend at the Spices market here today due to lack of worthwhile buying activity amid ample supply positions.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 510/540 (510/540), ginger bleached (per kg) 175 (175), ginger unbleached (per kg) 185 (185), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 6,950 (6,950), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 6,900 (6,900), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 8,800 (8,800) Copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 8,000 (8,000).