Prices of urad and other pulses surged up to Rs 500 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today on emergence of buying by stockists, coupled with considerable fall in supplies from producing belts.
Traders said besides tight stocks position on restricted arrivals from producing regions, firm demand from retailers mainly attributed sharp rise in select pulses prices.
Furthermore, weakening rupee against dollar, making imports costlier, influenced sentiment, they said.
In the national capital, urad and its dal chilka local climbed Rs 500 each to Rs 8,600-9,700 and Rs 9,700-9,900 per quintal, respectively. Urad dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 9,800-10,400 and Rs 10,200-10,500 per quintal, respectively.
Moong and its dal chilka shot up by Rs 400 each to Rs 7,200-7,700 and Rs 7,800-8,300 per quintal, respectively.
Its dal dhoya local and best quality enquired higher by a similar margin to Rs 7,800-8,100 and Rs 8,600-8,700 per quintal.
Arhar and its dal dara variety also shot up by Rs 400 each to Rs 9,850-10,000 and Rs 11,400-11,500 per quintal, respectively.
Gram, gramdal local and best quality were up by Rs 100 each to Rs 4,800-5,650, Rs 5,250-5,450 and Rs 5,350-5,650 per quintal, respectively.
Besign Shaktibhog and Rajdhani quoted higher at Rs 2,230 each instead of Rs 2,200 per 35 kg bag, respectively.
On the other hand, masoor small and bold met with some resistance and declined Rs 200 each to Rs 6,000-6,800 each per quintal. Its dal local and best quality eased by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,200-7,300 and Rs 7,300-7,400 per quintal, respectively.
Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):
Urad Rs 8,600-9,700, Urad Chilka (local) Rs 9,700-9,900, Urad best Rs 9,800-10,400, Dhoya Rs 10,200-10,500, Moong Rs 7,200-7,700, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 7,800-8,100, Moong Dhoya local Rs 8,200-8,500 and best quality Rs 8,600-8,700.
Masoor small Rs 6,000-6,800, bold Rs 6,000-6,800, Dal Masoor local Rs 7,200-7,300, best quality Rs 7,300-7,400, Malka local Rs 8,100-8,450, best Rs 8,200-8,500, Moth Rs 5,500-5,800, Arhar Rs 9,850-10,000, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 11,400-11,500.
Gram Rs 4,800-5,650, Gram dal (local) Rs 5,250-5,450, best quality Rs 5,350-5,650, Besan (35 kg), Shakti Bhog Rs 2,230, Rajdhani Rs 2,230, Rajma Chitra Rs 4,900-6,300, Kabuli Gram small Rs 4,700-7,000, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 5,000-5,200, Peas white Rs 2,800-2,825 and green Rs 2,800-2,900.
