Pepper, jeera up on stockists buying

Black pepper and jeera prices rose up to Rs 300 per quintal in the national capital today on increased buying by  stockists as well as exporters.

Black pepper prices were up by Rs 300 to settle at Rs 22,100-22,200 per quintal. 

Jeera common and jeera best quality also traded higher at Rs 13,400-13,600 and Rs 14,700-15,200 against previous closing of Rs 13,200-13,400 and Rs 14,500-15,000 per quintal, respectively.

Traders said sentiments turned better, following strong domestic and export demand and a firm trend at futures market, pushing up pepper and jeera prices on the wholesale kirana market here.

Following are today's quotations (Rs per quintal):

Ajwain 13,500-18,000, black pepper common 22,100-22,200 betelnut (kg) 98-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 890-900 and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 850-980

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 1,000-1,100, cardamom (colour robin) 965-980, cardamom bold 985-1,000, cardamom extra (bold) 1,100-1,110 and cloves (kg) 300-370

Chirounji (new) (kg) Rs 380-410 Dry mango( raipur) Rs 6,000-8,500 Dhania Rs 3,500-8,800 Dry ginger Rs 21,000-26,000 Kalaunji Rs 9,500-10,500 Mace-Red (kg) Rs 1,200-1,450 Mace-Yellow (kg) Rs 1,430-1,470 Methiseed Rs 3,000-3,800 Makhana ( kg) Rs 185-300 Nutmeg Rs 540-560

Poppyseed (KG Turkey) Rs 225 Poppyseed (KG MP-RAJ) Rs 225-275 Poppyseed (KG Kashmiri) Rs 205 Red chillies Rs 5,200-10,500 Saffron (kg) Irani Rs 80,000-90,000 Saffron (kg) Kashmiri Rs 1,20,000-1,40,000 Soanf-bold Rs 9,200-15,000 Turmeric Rs 18,000-21,000

Tamarind Rs 2,200-2,550 Tamarind without seed Rs 3,800-5,500 Tea (kg) Rs 80-215 Watermelon kernel (Kg) Rs 155 Jeera common Rs 13,400-13,600 Jeera best Rs 14,700-15,200