Spices maintain steady trend in lacklustre

Prices maintained a stable trend in an otherwise lacklustre spices market here today in the absence of any worthwhile buying.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 730/795 (730/795), ginger bleached (per kg) 210 (210), ginger unbleached (per kg) 230 (230), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 6,400 (6,400), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 6,200 (6,200), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 16,000 (16,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 8,000 (8,000).