Menthol prices rose by Rs 10 per kg in the national capital today on the back of fresh buying support from pharma and consuming units amid tight stocks.
Menthol bold crystal, menthol flake and mentha oil prices rose by Rs 10 each to Rs 1,220, Rs 1,035 and Rs 975 per kg, respectively.
Market analysts said fresh demand from pharma and other consuming industries against restricted arrivals from the producing belts, mainly pushed up menthol prices on the wholesale chemical market here.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,200, acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 42-46, ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 475-500, boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 3,200-3,600, borex granular (50 kg) Rs 1,800-1,900
Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,400-1,500, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,000-3,900, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,200-4,100, camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 380, camphor powder (1kg) Rs 360, glycerine (1 kg) Rs 110-120
hexamine (1 kg) Rs 82, hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 40-45, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,220, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,035 and mentha oil (1 kg) Rs 975
Paraffin wax (1 kg) Iran Rs 80-84 Paraffin wax (1 kg) China Rs 105 Paraffin wax (1 kg) Indian Rs 97 Residue wax (p tonne) Rs 41,000 Soda ash (50 kg) (Tata) Rs 1,060 Soda ash (50 kg) (Gujarat) Rs 1,000
Soda ash (50 kg) (DCW) Rs 1,000 Soda ash (50 kg) (Birla) Rs 1,000 Soda Hydro Sulphate (1 kg) Rs 120-170 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 1,650-1,800 Sodium nitrite (50 kg) Rs 1,850-1,900 Sodium bio-carbonate (50 kg) Rs 1,025 Stable bleaching powder (25 kg) Rs 350-375 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 750 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 150-210 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,500-2,700 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120
