Copra edible prices firmed up at the spices market here today due to rising demand from retailers coupled with good festive offtake.
Copra edible Mumbai rose by Rs 50 per quintal to Rs 7,900 from weekend's closing level of Rs 7,850.
Meanwhile, other spices closed steady in the absence of necessary buying support.
Following are today's closing rates in Rs, with the previous rates in brackets:
Black pepper (per kg) 273/293 (273/293), ginger bleached (per kg) 168 (168), ginger unbleached (per kg) 198 (198), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 6,950 (6,950)
copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 6,850 (6,850), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 8,300 (8,300) and copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 7,900 (7,850)