Demand for turmeric has fuelled buying by traders. Most of the traders those who received upcountry demand have started buying turmeric, mainly the hybrid varieties. For the past couple of days, arrival of Dharmapuri Hybrid turmeric has started in large quantity. The buyers are purchasing new turmeric for their local demand, said Krishnamurthy, a trader. He said more than 70 per cent of 5,000 bags that arrived were sold. Some traders received fresh upcountry demand for turmeric and the price in the Futures also improved by ₹90 a quintal . So, the buyers have started quoting higher price. The price of hybrid finger turmeric was up by ₹50 and local finger turmeric by ₹300 in the Regulated Marketing Committee and just ₹50 at the Erode Cooperative Marketing Society.