Bajra eases on adequate stocks
Press Trust of India New Delhi Bajra prices weakened by Rs 5 per quintal in lacklustre trade at the wholesale grains market today due to reduced offtake by consuming industries against sufficient stocks position.
However, other grains traded in a tight range on little doing and settled around previous levels.
Marketmen said adequate stocks positions against reduced offtake by consuming industries led to decline in bajra prices.
In the national capital, bajra shed Rs 5 at Rs 1,380-1,385
per quintal.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,000-2,600, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,675-1,705, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,705-1,720, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 230, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 230, Roller flour mill Rs 880-885 (50 kg), Maida Rs 935-940 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,040-1,045 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,700, Basmati common new Rs 5,800-5,900, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 4,400-5,100, Permal raw Rs 1,950-2,000, Permal wand Rs 2,200-2,275, Sela Rs 2,750-2,850 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,700-1,720, Bajra Rs 1,380-1,385, Jowar yellow Rs 1,550-1,650, white Rs 3,050-3,150, Maize Rs 1,630-1,650, Barley Rs 1,450-1,460.