Local mandis, which opened here today after two days of holidays, started on a bullish note with chana, masoor and tur showing an uptrend on improved buying support from the millers and traders.

Chana (kanta) which ruled at Rs 3,150-75 in private trading on Thursday, increased to Rs 3,200-Rs 3,225 a quintal on improved demand, while chana (desi) ruled at Rs 3,150 a quintal.

Arrival of chana in local mandis also saw an improvement with about 2,500 bags being offloaded as incessant rains took a break.

Chana dal also gained on rise in spot chana with chana dal (bold) being quoted Rs 50 up at Rs 4,075-Rs 4,100 a quintal, chana dal (medium) at Rs 3,975-Rs 4,000 and chana dal (average) ruled at Rs 3,850-Rs 3,875.

Dollar chana or chickpea ruled flat on slack domestic demand with its prices in the local mandis remaining stable at Rs 7,800-Rs 8,200 a quintal.

Weak arrival and rise in demand perked up masoor with masoor (bold) being quoted at Rs 2,925-50 a quintal against Rs 2,900 on Thursday. Masoor (medium), on the other hand, ruled steady at Rs 2,550-Rs 2,600. Masoor dal also ruled flat with massor dal (bold) ruling at Rs 3,500-Rs 3,525, masoor dal (medium) at Rs 3,400-Rs 3,425 and masoor dal (average) at Rs 3,325-50 a quintal.

Tur also witnessed an uptrend on improved buying support in physical market. Tur (Maharashtra) perked up by Rs 50 at Rs 3,200, while tur (Nimari) ruled flat at Rs 2,300-Rs 2,500 a quintal.

Tur dal remained firm with tur marka ruling at Rs 6,100, tur dal (full) at Rs 5,350-Rs 5,400 and tur dal (sawa no.) at Rs 4,300-Rs 4,350 a quintal.

Urad and moong ruled stable with urad (bold) being quoted at Rs 4,100-Rs 4,300, while urad (medium) ruled at Rs 3,600-Rs 3,800.

Urad dal remained stable with urad monger ruling at Rs 6,700-Rs 6,900, urad dal (bold) at Rs 5,700-Rs 5,750 and urad dal (average) at Rs 4,750-Rs 4,800 a quintal, respectively.

Moong (old) ruled at Rs 3,700-Rs 4,200, while moong (juna) also remained firm at Rs 4,000-Rs 4,650 a quintal. Arrival of new moong in local mandis increased with about 120-150 bags being offloaded on Friday. Moong dal also ruled firm with moong monger remaining stable at Rs 5,700-Rs 5,800.