Bajra and jowar prices fell up to Rs 40 per quintal on the wholesale grains market today due to reduced industrial demand against adequate stocks position.
Traders said slackness in industrial demand against sufficient stocks in the market mainly pulled down bajra and jowar prices.
In the national capital, bajra fell by Rs 40 to Rs 1,030-1,040, while jowar yellow and white by Rs 25 each to Rs 975-1045 and Rs 1,775-1,850 per quintal, respectively.
Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:
Wheat MP (deshi) 1,600-1,750, Wheat dara (for mills) 1,190-1,195 Chakki atta (delivery) 1,195-1,200, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 635-655 (50 kg), Maida 700-730 (50kg) and Sooji 750-775 (50 kg)
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,500, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,200-5,300, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,050-4,750, Permal raw 1,775-1,825, Permal wand 1,950-2,050, Sela 2,050-2,100 and Rice IR-8 1,650-1,700
Bajra 1,030-1040, Jowar yellow 975-1,045, white 1,775-1,850, Maize 1,120-1,130, Barley 1,170-1,195 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090