Prices of arhar and urad rose by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today on emergence of stockists' buying following uptick in demand from dal mills and retailers.
Marketmen said, stockists' buying following a pick-up in demand from dal mills and retailers against restricted supplies from producing belts mainly pushed up arhar and urad prices.
In the national capital, arhar and its dal dara variety rose by Rs 100 and Rs 200 to Rs 3,900 and Rs 5400-7300 per quintal, respectively.
Urad and its dal chilka local also went up by Rs 100 and Rs 200 to Rs 4,000-5,200 and Rs 4,900-5,000 per quintal, respectively. Its dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and traded higher by Rs 200 each to Rs 5,000-5,500 and Rs 5,450-5,650 per quintal, respectively.
Following are today's rates (in Rs per quintal): urad Rs 4,000-5,200, urad Chilka