In restricted activity, wheat dara prices rose by Rs 20 per quintal in the wholesale grains market today on fresh buying by flour mills. Other grains, continued to trade in a tight range on alternate bouts of trading and settled around previous levels.
Traders said fresh buying by flour mills and speculations that the government may allow exports, mainly led to a rise in wheat dara prices.
Wheat dara, mostly consumed by flour mills, rose by Rs 20 to Rs 1,250-1,255 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by the same margin at Rs 1,255-1,260 per 90 kg.
Following are today's quotations in Rs per quintal:
Wheat MP (deshi) 1,750-1,850, wheat dara (for mills) 1,250-1,255 chakki atta (delivery) 1,255-1,260, atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 175, Shakti bhog (10 kg) 175, Roller flour mill 630- 650 (50 kg), Maida 750-780 (50 kilos) and Sooji 800-820 (50 kg)
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,300, Shri Lal Mahal 9,300, Super basmati rice 9,000, Basmati common 5,250-5,350, rice Pusa-(1121) 4,550-5,050, Permal raw 1,750-1,800, Permal wand 1,825-1,975, Sela 2,050-2,100 and Rice IR-8-1,575-1,600
Bajra 960-970, Jowar yellow 1,450-1,525, white 2,250-2,300, Maize 975-985, Barley (UP) 1,050-1,070 and Rajasthan 1,080-1,090
