Pepper, jeera up on stockists buying support

Black pepper and jeera prices rose up to Rs 200 per quintal in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists as well as exporters.

Black pepper prices rose by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 23,400-23,500 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 13,500-13,700 and Rs 15,000-15,500 against previous closing of Rs 13,400-13,600 and Rs 14,800-15,300 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiments turned better following rising domestic and export demand and firming trend at futures market, pushing up pepper and jeera prices on the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):

Ajwain 12,500-19,000, black pepper common 23,400-23,500 betelnut (kg) 120-145, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 1,110-1,125 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,210-1,360

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,310-1,360, cardamom (colour robin) 1,370-1,400, cardamom bold 1,400-1,420, cardamom extra (bold) 1,500-1,520 and cloves (kg) 340-400

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 500-530 Dry mango (raipur) Rs 7,000-9,500 Dhania Rs 5,500-10,000 Dry ginger Rs 20,000-24,500 Kalaunji Rs 11,500-12,500 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,800-1,950 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,800-1,950

Methiseed Rs 3,200-4,200 Makhana ( kg) Rs 270-380 Nutmeg Rs 710-720 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 215 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 215-265 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 200 Red chillies Rs 6,000-10,500

Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,40,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-14,000 Turmeric Rs 17,500-19,500 Tamarind Rs 2,300-2,900 Tamarind without seed Rs 4,000-7,000

Tea (kg) Rs 60-210 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 140 Jeera common Rs 13,500-13,700 Jeera best Rs 15,000-15,500