Wheat dara gains on millers buying support

In restricted activity, wheat dara traded marginally higher by Rs 5 per quintal on the wholesale grains market today on fresh buying by flour mills.

Elsewhere, other grains continued to trade around previous levels.

Traders said fresh buying by flour mills to meet marriage season demand helped wheat dara prices to trade slightly higher.

In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills)inched up by Rs 5 to Rs 1,330-1,335 per quintal.

Atta chakki followed suit and traded higher by the same margin to Rs 1,335-1,340 per 90 kg.

Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:

Wheat MP (deshi) 1,710-1,860, wheat dara (for mills) 1,330-1,335 chakki atta (delivery) 1,335-1,340, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 700-720 (50 kg), Maida 780-810 (50 kg) and Sooji 800-820 (50 kg)

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,500, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,500-5,600, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,300-5,300, Permal raw 1,875-1,925, Permal wand 2,075-2,175, Sela 2,100-2,200 and Rice IR-8 1,775-1,800

Bajra 805-815, Jowar yellow 850-950, white 1,700-1,750, Maize 1,140-1,150, Barley (UP) 1,260-1,280 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090