Wheat dara falls on increased supply

Wheat dara prices fell by Rs 25 per quintal on the wholesale grains market today due to reduced offtake by flour mills against increased arrivals from producing belts.

Traders said increased supplies against reduced offtake by flour mills, mainly led to fall in wholesale wheat dara prices.

In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) fell by Rs 25 to Rs 1,350-1,355 per quintal, while atta chakki delivery traded lower by the same margin to Rs 1,355-1,360 per 90 kg.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Wheat MP (deshi) 1,730-1,880, wheat dara (for mills) 1,350-1,355 chakki atta (delivery) 1,355-1,360, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 740-760 (50 kg), Maida 800-830 (50 kg) and Sooji 860-880 (50 kg)

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,500, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, Super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,600-5,700, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,400-5,500, Permal raw 1,875-1,925, Permal wand 2,025-2,175, Sela 2,150-2,205 and Rice IR-8 1,745-1,770

Bajra 840-850, Jowar yellow 880-980, white 1,800-1,850, Maize 1,150-1,160, Barley (UP) 1,260-1,280 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090