Spices remain steady in lacklustre trade

Spices continued to remain steady in an otherwise lacklustre spices market here today due to the absence of any large-scale buying support.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 620/690 (620/690), ginger unbleached (per kg) 120 (120), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 9,400 (9,400), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 9,300 (9,300), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 10,800 (10,800), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 10,100 (10,100).