Groundnut oil hardens on heavy demand

Groundnut oil prices continued to harden in an otherwise listless Vashi oils and oilseeds wholesale market here on heavy demand from stockist and retailers in the backdrop of approaching festive season.
Meanwhile, refined palmolein, castorseeds bold, castoroil commercial and linseedoil all ruled stable in the absence of any largescale buying.
In the edible section, groundnutoil advanced by Rs 15 per 10kg to Rs 875 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 860. However, refined palmolein closed unchanged at Rs 500 per 10kg.
Moving to non-edible segment, castorseeds bold, castoroil commercial and linseedoil all ended unaltered at Rs 4,075 per 100 kg, Rs 845 per 10kg and Rs 760 per 10 kg respectively.