Spices maintain steady in lacklustre trade

Spices maintained stable trend in an otherwise lacklustre spices market here today due to lack of buying support amid adequate stocks positions.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 435/520 (435/520), ginger unbleached (per kg) 125 (125), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 14,600 (14,600), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 14,500 (14,500), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 16,800 (16,800), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 15,900 (15,900).