Black pepper and jeera prices shot up by Rs 200 per quintal each in the national capital today on increased buying by stockists as well as exporters.
Black pepper prices were up by Rs 200 to settle at Rs 20,800-20,900 per quintal.
Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 13,700-13,900 and Rs 14,900-15,400, against the previous closing of Rs 13,500-13,700 and Rs 14,700-15,200 per quintal, respectively.
Traders said sentiment turned better following rising domestic and export demand and firming trend at futures market, pushing up pepper and jeera prices.
Following are today's quotations (per quintal):
Ajwain 13,500-19,000, black pepper common 20,800-20,900 betelnut (kg) 85-105, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 650-700 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 725-825
Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,080-1,180, cardamom (colour robin) 1,080-1,090, cardamom bold 1,100-1,115, cardamom extra (bold) 1,380-1,400 and cloves (kg) 300-370
Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 410-440 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,000-8,600 Dry ginger Rs 20,000-24,500 Kalaunji Rs 10,200-12,000 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,125-1,325 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,510-1,550
Methiseed Rs 3,000-3,900 Makhana (per kg) Rs 140-200 Nutmeg Rs 520-555 Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 220 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 220-270 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 200 Red chillies Rs 4,800-8,800
Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 1,20,000-1,30,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,55,000-1,70,000 Soanf-bold Rs 10,000-15,000 Turmeric Rs 14,200-17,500 Tamarind Rs 2,200-2,550 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500
Tea (kg) Rs 65-190 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 135 Jeera common Rs 13,700-13,900 Jeera best Rs 14,900-15,400
