Prices of gram and rajmah went up by Rs 50 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today on increased from retailers against restricted supplies from producing belts.
However, commodity prices moved in a narrow range in limited deals and settled around previous levels.
Traders said some demand from retailers amdist limited supplies from producing regions mainly led to gain in gram and rajmah chitra prices.
Depreciating rupee against the dollar that made imports costlier also influenced the sentiment to some extent, they said.
In the national capital, gram, gramdal local and best quality were up by Rs 50 each to Rs 4,500-5,200, Rs 4,800-5,000 and Rs 4,900-5,200 per quintal respectively.
Rajmah chitra also rose by a similar margin to Rs 4,650-5,750 per quintal.
Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):
Urad Rs 7,850-8,250, Urad Chilka (local) Rs 8,650-8,850, urad best Rs 8,850-9,450, Dhoya Rs 9,250-9,550, Moong Rs 6,650-7,350, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 7,450-7,950, Moong Dhoya local Rs 7,450-7,750 and best quality Rs 8,250-8,350.
Masoor small Rs 6,700-6,800, bold Rs 6,700-6,900, Dal Masoor local Rs 7,750-7,850, best quality Rs 7,850-7,950, Malka local Rs 7,800-8,150, best Rs 7,900-8,200, Moth Rs 5,550-5,850, Arhar Rs 7,400-7,550, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 8,800-9,000.
Gram Rs 4,500-5,200, Gramdal (local) Rs 4,800-5,000, best quality Rs 4,900-5,200, Besan (35 kg), Shakti Bhog Rs 2,080, Rajdhani Rs 2,080, Rajma Chitra Rs 4,650-5,750, Kabuli Gram small Rs 4,200-6,400, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 5,300-5,700, Peas white Rs 2,750-2,775 and green Rs 2,750-2,850.
