Almond (California) rose by Rs 100 to conclude at Rs 17,000-17,200 per 40 kg. Its kernel also edged up by Rs 5 to end at Rs 610-615 per kg, respectively.
Marketmen said fresh buying support from retailers and stockists against restricted arrivals from overseas markets mainly attributed the rise in almond and its kernel prices.
Following are today's quotations (per 40 kgs):
Almond (California) Rs 17,000-17,200, almond (Gurbandi) Rs 12,000-12,100, almond (Girdhi) Rs 5,000-5,200; abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-23,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 610-615 per kg, almond kernel (gurbandi) Rs 725-800 per kg, chilgoza (Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 2,500-2,700, cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 1,075-1,085 cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 950-960, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 900-925, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 800-825, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 670-770, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 650-765, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 550-660, copra (qtl) Rs 8,500-10,500, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 4,000 -4,400, dry dates Red (qtl) Rs 2,400-12,000, fig Rs 20,000- 26,000, kishmish kandhari local Rs 10,000-15,000, kishmish kandhari special Rs 9,000-21,000, kishmish Indian yellow Rs 3,800-4,800, kishmish Indian green Rs 5,000-7,500, pistachio Irani Rs 1,000-1,100, pistachio hairati Rs 1,400-1,450, pistachio peshawari Rs 1,500-1,550, pistachio dodi (roasted) 700-800, walnut Rs 270-380 and walnut kernel (1 kg) Rs 800- 1,300.