Spices maintain steady in listless trade

Spices continued to maintain a steady trend for a third consecutive day in an otherwise listless spices market here today in the absence of any major buying activities.
Following are today's closing rates (in Rs) with previous rates in brackets:
Black pepper (per kg) 540/630 (540/630), ginger unbleached (per kg) 120 (120), copra office Alappuzha (per quintal) 9,000 (9,000), copra office Kozhikode (per quintal) 8,900 (8,900), copra Rajapur Mumbai (per quintal) 10,300 (10,300), copra edible Mumbai (per quintal) 9,500 (9,500).