Almond rises on retailers' demand

Almond prices rose by Rs 100 per 40 kg at the dry fruit market in the national capital today on uptick in demand from retailers.

Traders said pick up in demand from retailers, driven by domestic demand, mainly led to the rise in almond prices.

Almond (california) rose by Rs 100 to Rs 19,000-19,200 per 40 per kg. Its kernel followed suit and traded higher by Rs 5 to Rs 690-700 per kg.

Following are today's quotations (per 40 kgs):

Almond (California) Rs 19,000-19,200, almond (gurbandi) Rs 12,400-13,000, almond (girdhi) Rs 5,100-5,200; abjosh afghani Rs 8,000-23,000, almond kernel (california) Rs 690-700 per kg, almond kernel (gurbandi) Rs 700-800 per kg, chilgoza (Roasted) (1 kg) Rs 2,400-2,600, cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) Rs 1,080-1,090, cashew Kernel (no 210) Rs 960-990, cashew kernel (no 240) Rs 905-945, cashew kernel (no 320) Rs 835-855, cashew kernel broken 2 pieces Rs 675-770, cashew kernel broken 4 pieces Rs 660-775, cashew kernel broken 8 pieces Rs 555-675, copra (qtl) Rs 15,000-18,000, coconut powder (25 kgs) Rs 4,300 -4,800, dry dates-red (qtl) Rs 2,800-11,500, fig Rs 19,000- 25,000, kishmish kandhari local Rs 10,000-15,000, kishmish kandhari special Rs 9,000-21,000, kishmish Indian yellow Rs 3,500-4,500, kishmish Indian green Rs 6,100-9,100, pistachio Irani Rs 1,100-1,200, pistachio hairati Rs 1,385-1,455, pistachio peshawari Rs 1,505-1,585, pistachio dodi (roasted) 750-860, walnut Rs 260-350 and walnut kernel-new (1 kg) Rs 850-1,000.