Spices remain stable in listless trade

Prices of black pepper, ginger and copra ruled steady in a listless spices market here today in the absence of any major demand from stockists and retailers amid lacklustre export offtake.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 640/710 (640/710), ginger bleached (per kg) 125 (125), ginger unbleached (per kg) 145 (145), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 8,500 (8,500), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 8,400 (8,400), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 10,000 (10,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 9,600 (9,600).