Castor seed prices came down by Rs 23 to Rs 4,737 per quintal in futures trade today on profit booking at higher levels, dampened by subdued physical markets sentiments.
Marketmen said emerging of selling at prevailing levels as traders chose to book profit in pressure of downbeat spot markets leads, where prices dropped due to pick up arrivals from producing regions amid slackness in demand from consuming industries, pulled down the sentiments in castor seed futures prices.
At the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange platform, castor seed delivery for the most-traded second September turned weak by Rs 23 or 0.48 per cent to Rs 4,737 per quintal, with the business turnover in 1,19,440 open lots.
Meanwhile, the delivery of the immediate contract August fell by Rs 18 or 0.38 per cent to Rs 4,690 per quintal, with an open interest of 38,980 lots.
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