Arhar, urad rise on stockists' buying

Prices of arhar and urad rose by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today on emergence of stockists' buying following uptick in demand from dal mills and retailers.

Marketmen said, stockists' buying following a pick-up in demand from dal mills and retailers against restricted supplies from producing belts mainly pushed up arhar and urad prices.

In the national capital, arhar and its dal dara variety rose by Rs 100 and Rs 200 to Rs 3,900 and Rs 5400-7300 per quintal, respectively.

Urad and its dal chilka local also went up by Rs 100 and Rs 200 to Rs 4,000-5,200 and Rs 4,900-5,000 per quintal, respectively. Its dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and traded higher by Rs 200 each to Rs 5,000-5,500 and Rs 5,450-5,650 per quintal, respectively.

 

Following are today's rates (in Rs per quintal): urad Rs 4,000-5,200, urad Chilka

(local) Rs 4,900-5,000, urad best Rs 5,000-5,500, Dhoya Rs 5,450-5,650, Moong Rs 5,000-5,500, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 5,600-5,800, Moong Dhoya local Rs 6,200-6,700 and best quality Rs 6,700-6,900.

Masoor small Rs 3,850-4,150, bold Rs 3,900-4,200, Dal Masoor local Rs 4,500-4,900, best quality Rs 4,600-5,000, Malka local Rs 4,700-5,000, best Rs 4,800-5,100, Moth Rs 3,850-4,250, Arhar Rs 3,900 Dal Arhar Dara Rs 5,400-7,300.

Gram Rs 4,400-4,450, Gram dal (local) Rs 4,700-5,100, best quality Rs 5,100-5,200, Besan (35 kg), Shakti bhog Rs 1,980, Rajdhani Rs 1,980, Rajma Chitra Rs 6,250-8,450, Kabuli Gram small Rs 5,000-5,800, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 3,400-3,600, Peas white Rs 3,700-3,750 and green Rs 3,800-3,900.