Spices maintain steady trend in mute trade

Spices maintained a steady trend here today due to lack of any major buying activity amidst mute demand.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 750/800 (750/800), ginger bleached (per kg) 320 (320), ginger unbleached (per kg) 335 (335), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 10,700 (10,700), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 10,600 (10,600), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 18,500 (18,500), Copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 13,200 (13,200).