Turmeric, jeera up on stockists buying

Turmeric and jeera prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal each in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists as well as exporters.

Turmeric prices were up by Rs 100 to settle at Rs 15,700-18,300 per quintal.

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 12,500-12,700 and Rs 13,800-14,200 against previous closing of Rs 12,400-13,600 and Rs 13,700-14,100 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiments turned better, following rising domestic and export demand and a firm trend at futures market, pushing up turmeric and jeera prices.

Following are today's quotations (per quintal):    

Ajwain 13,500-18,000, black pepper common 20,700-20,800 betelnut (kg) 98-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 680-700 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 770-880

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 770-890, cardamom (colour robin) 870-920, cardamom bold 835-850, cardamom extra (bold) 990-1,000 and cloves (kg) 280-340

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 380-410 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,300-8,800 Dry ginger Rs 21,000-26,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,700-10,700 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,200-1,380 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,425-1,500 Methiseed Rs 3,000-3,800 Makhana ( kg) Rs 185-300

Nutmeg Rs 540-570 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 220 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 220-270 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 200 Red chillies Rs 4,800-9,500 Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 95,000-1,00,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,15,000-1,30,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,000-14,000

Turmeric Rs 15,700-18,300 Tamarind Rs 2,200-2,550 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500 Tea (kg) Rs 80-215 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 165 Jeera common Rs 12,500-12,700 Jeera best Rs 13,800-14,200