Wheat dara prices improved by Rs 5 per quintal in steady wholesale grains market today on fresh buying by flour mills to meet the seasonal demand.
Elsewhere, other commodities traded in a tight range on alternate bouts of trading and settled around previous levels.
In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) traded marginally higher by Rs 5 to Rs 1,360-1,365 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by the same margin to Rs 1,365-1,370 per 90 kg.
Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:
Wheat MP (deshi) 1,700-1,850, wheat dara (for mills) 1,360-1,365 chakki atta (delivery) 1,365-1,370, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 710-730 (50 kg), Maida 770-800 (50 kg) and Sooji 830-850 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,500, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, Super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,500-5,600, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,200-5,000, Permal raw 1,800-1,850, Permal wand 1,950-2,100, Sela 2,100-2,155 and Rice IR-8 1,670-1,695, Bajra 830-840, Jowar yellow 880-980, white 1,800-1,850, Maize 1,090-1,100, Barley (UP) 1,250-1,270 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090.