Rice basmati, wheat up on increased offtake

Prices of rice basmati and wheat went up by upto Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today due to increased offtake.

Traders said uptick in demand from retailers mainly helped rice basmati prices to trade higher.

They said increased offtake by flour mills led to rise in wheat prices.

In the national capital, rice basmati rice basmati common and Pusa-1121 variety settled higher at Rs 8,300-8,400 and Rs 6,700-7,800 from Rs 8,200-8,300 and Rs 6,600-7,800 per quintal respectively.

Wheat dara (for mills) also went up by Rs 15 to Rs 1,735-1,740 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by Rs 10 to Rs 1,740-1,745 per 90 kg.
 

Atta flour mills and maida too ended higher at Rs 960 -970 and Rs 1,000-1,020 from previous levels of Rs 940-950 and Rs 980-990 per 50 kg in line with wheattrend.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):

Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,200-2,500, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,735-1,740, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,740-1,745, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 240, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 240, Roller flour mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1000-1020 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,100-1,110 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,700, Basmati common new Rs 8,300-8,400, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,700-7,800, Permal raw Rs 2,300-2,350, Permal wand Rs 2,450-2,500, Sela Rs 3,100-3,200 and Rice IR-8 Rs 2,050-2,100, Bajra Rs 1,400-1,410, Jowar yellow Rs 1,650-1,700, white Rs 3,350-3,550, Maize Rs 1,520-1,530, Barley Rs 1,570-1,590.