Menthol prices rose by Rs 5 per kg in the national capital today owing to fresh buying support amid tight stocks following restricted supplies from the producing belts.
Menthol bold crystal, menthol flake and mentha oil prices rose by Rs 5 each to Rs 1,205, Rs 1,150 and Rs 1,070 per kg, respectively.
Market analysts said fresh buying support from pharma and other consuming industries mainly pushed up menthol prices in the wholesale chemical market here.
Following are today's quotations:
Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 900-2,200, acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 45-48, 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 1,300-1,400, citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,300-4,200, citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,400-4,300, 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 40-45, menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,205, menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,150 and mentha oil (1 kg) Rs 1,070
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 90-140 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 325-350 Tartaric acid france (1 kg) Rs 440
Thymol (1 kg) Rs 640 Titanium dioxide (1 kg) Rs 170-215 Oxalic acid (pcpl) 50 kg Rs 2,400-2,700 Zinc oxide (Kg) 110-120
