Arhar, urad rise on upbeat demand

Arhar and urad rose by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale market today on emergence of stockists buying following uptick in demand from retailers.
Traders said fresh buying by stockists, driven by rising demand from retailers against restricted supplies from producing regions, mainly led to rise in arhar and urad prices.
In the national capital, arhar and its dal prices rose by Rs 100 and Rs 200 to Rs 4,150 and Rs 6,300-8,200 per quintal, respectively.
Urad and its dal chilka local also moved up by Rs 50 and Rs 100 each to Rs 4,800-6,100 and Rs 5,700-5,800 per quintal, respectively. Its dal best quality and dhoya enquired higher by a similar margin to Rs 5,800-6,300 and Rs 6,200- 6,400 per quintal, respectively.

Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):
Urad Rs 4,800-6,100, Urad Chilka (local) Rs 5,700-5,800, Urad best Rs 5,800-6,300, Dhoya Rs 6,200-6,400, Moong Rs 4,900-5,600, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 5,600-5,800, Moong Dhoya local Rs 6,200-6,700 and best quality Rs 6,700-6,900.
Masoor small Rs 3,700-3,800, bold Rs 3,750-3,900, Dal Masoor local Rs 3,900-4,400, best quality Rs 4,000-4,500, Malka local Rs 4,450-4,650, best Rs 4,550-4,750, Moth Rs 3,600-4,000, Arhar Rs 4,150, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 6,300-8,200.
Gram Rs 6,100-6,550, Gram dal (local) Rs 6,900-7,300, best quality Rs 7,300-7,400, Besan (35 kg), Shakti bhog Rs 2,750, Rajdhani Rs 2,750, Rajma Chitra Rs 7,700-10,000, Kabuli Gram small Rs 9,800-11,000, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 4,800-5,000, Peas white Rs 2,625-2,650 and green Rs 2,675-2,775.