However, other grains moved in a tight range in restricted deals and settled around previous levels.
Traders said some enquiries from flour mills helped wheat prices to trade marginally higher.
In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) inched up by Rs 5 to Rs 1,630-1,635 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery traded higher by the same margin to Rs 1635-1640 per 90 kg.
The following were today's quotations per quintal:
Wheat MP (deshi) 2,070-2,270, Wheat dara (for mills) 1,630-1,635, Chakki atta (delivery) 1,635-1,640 Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 220, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 220, Roller flour mill 870-890 (50 kg), Maida 950-970 (50 kg) and Sooji 990-1,020 (50kg).