Ginger rises on robust demand, copra edible firms up

Prices of ginger bleached and unbleached rose at the spices market here today on heavy stockists as well as good export demand amid limited arrivals.  

Copra Rajapur also firmed up owing to better retail offtake.

Ginger bleached spurted by Rs 20 per kg to Rs 170 and ginger unbleached gained by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 185 respectively, as compared to Rs 150 and Rs 180 yesterday.

Copra Rajapur Mumbai went up by Rs 100 per quintal to Rs 9,100 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 9,000.

Meanwhile, rest all other spices closed stable in the absence of any major buying activity.

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

Black pepper (per kg) 278/300 (278/300), ginger bleached (per kg) 170 (150), ginger unbleached (per kg) 185 (180), copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 5,800 (5,800)

copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 5,600 (5,600), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 9,100 (9,000) and copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 7,500 (7,500)