Wheat recovers on increased offtake

Wheat prices recovered by Rs 20 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today due to increased offtake by flour mills.

However, other grains remained flat in thin trade.

Traders attributed the recovery in wheat prices to pick up in demand from flour mills amid pause in supplies from producing regions.

In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) rose by Rs 20 to Rs 1,910-1,920 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 1,920-1,950 per 90 kg.

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

Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,650-2,950, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,910-1,920, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,920-1,950, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 270, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 270, Roller flour mill Rs 1,000-1,010 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,110-1,120 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,190-1,200 (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 7,100-7,200, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,600-7,000, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,250, Permal wand Rs 2,300-2,400, Sela Rs 3,000-3,100 and Rice IR-8 Rs 2,000-2,025, Bajra Rs 1,440-1,450, Jowar yellow Rs 1750-1800, white Rs 3,500-3,700, Maize Rs 1,590-1,600, Barley Rs 1,800-1,820.