Caustic soda prices rose by Rs 50 to Rs 1,350-1,450 per 50 kg in the national capital today largely influenced by buying support from detergent and other consuming units.
Traders said good demand from detergent and other consuming units against tight supplies from producing belts mainly pushed up caustic soda prices in the wholesale chemical market.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,200, acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 44-46, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 475-500, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,200-3,700, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 1,800-1,900
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,350-1,450, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,600-4,400, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,700-4,500, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 400, camphor powder (1 kg) Rs 385
glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-120, hexamine (1 kg) Rs 82, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 33-35, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,280, menthol flake (1kg) Rs 1,225 and mentha oil (1 kg) Rs 1,130
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-83 Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 95 Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 95 Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000 Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,025 Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 975 Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 975 Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 975
Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 100-125 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) damosha Rs 85 Sodium hydro sulphite (1 kg) china Rs 57 Sodium hydro sulphite safolite (1 kg) Rs 110-133 Sodium silicate (Qtl) Rs 1,050-1,200 Sodium nitrate (50 kg) Rs 1,700-1,900 Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,850-2,000
Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 325-340 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440 Thymol (1 kg) Rs 640 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 165-215 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,400-2,700 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120
