Spices rule steady in listless trade

Prices ruled stable in an otherwise listless spices market here today owing to lack of any large scale buying activity.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 680/750 (680/750), ginger bleached (per kg) 180 (180), ginger unbleached (per kg) 200 (200), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 10,100 (10,100), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 10,000 (10,000), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 19,000 (19,000), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 13,000 (13,000).