In restricted activity, copra prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal in the wholesale dry fruits market today on pick-up in demand along with higher advices from southern region.
Elsewhere, other dry-fruit prices continued to trade in a tight range on alternate bouts of trading and settled around previous levels.
Market analysts said pick-up in demand and higher advices from Southern region mainly pushed up copra prices. In the national capital, copra prices rose by Rs 100 to Rs 7,700-7,900 per quintal.
Following are today's quotations in Rs per 40 kg:
Almond (California) Rs 10,300 Almond (gurbandi-new) Rs 5,000-5,300 almond (girdhi) Rs 2,700-2,900 and Abjosh Afghani Rs 7,000-20,000 Almond kernel in per kg (California) Rs 380-385,almond kernel (gurbandi-new) (kg) Rs 340-410
Chilgoza (roasted) (1 kg) Rs 1,400-1,500 Cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 625-635 Cashew kernel (no 210) Rs 580-585 Cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 510-515 Cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 445-470 Cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 370-430
Cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 360-410 Cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 280-350 Copra (qtl) Rs 7,700-7,900 Coconut powder (25 kg) Rs 3,300-4,000 Dry dates red (qtl) Rs 4,000-9,000 Fig Rs 7,500-15,000
Kishmish Kandhari local Rs 10,000-10,500 Kishmish Kandhari special Rs 13,000-26,000 Kishmish Indian yellow Rs 4,000-5,200 Kishmish Indian green Rs 5,600-7,800
Pistachio Irani Rs 680-700 Pistachio Hairati Rs 950-1,000 Pistachio Peshawari Rs 1,200-1,225 Pistachio Dodi (roasted) 500-550 Walnut Rs 180-300 Walnut kernel (1 kg) Rs 450-750
