Barley also moved up on increased demand from consuming industries.
Traders said increased buying by stockists against restricted arrivals from producing regions mainly pushed up rice basmati prices.
In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety ended higher at Rs 8,600-9,800 and Rs 7,400-9,800 from previous levels of Rs 8,600-9,400 and Rs 7,300-9,500 per quintal respectively. Barley went up by Rs 10 to Rs 1320-1330 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 10,400, Shri Lal Mahal 10,000, Super Basmati Rice 9,500, Basmati common new 8,600-9,800, Rice Pusa-(1121) new 7,400-9,800, Permal raw 2,150-2,200, Permal wand 2,200-2,300, Sela 2,600-2,700 and Rice IR-8-1,800-1,850, Bajra 1,245-1,250, Jowar yellow 1,400-1,420, white 2,325-2,525, Maize 1,215-1,220, Barley 1,320-1,330.