Pulses and pulse seeds witnessed a mixed trend with chana and tur gaining, and moong (best) declining on weak demand. Pulses trading remained subdued, except for chana and tur, which gained on Tuesday on improved demand.

Chana, which had been sluggish in the past few days, has started rising on fear of declining stocks. Stockists, lying low until now, have gripped the futures market, leading to rising chana prices on the National Commodity of Derivatives Exchange. Consequently, spot chana prices gained Rs 50 at Rs 2,750-2,800 a quintal and chana ( desi ) ruled at Rs 2,600-2,700 a quintal. That also perked up chana dal (bold) in the spot by Rs 25 to Rs 3,450-3,475 a quintal. Chana dal (medium) was at Rs 3,350-3,375 a quintal and chana dal (average) at Rs 3,225-3,250 a quintal.

Tur rose on improved queries. Tur (Maharashtra) gained Rs 50 at Rs 3,200 a quintal and tur (Nimari) quoted at Rs 2,600-2,700. Tur dal, however, ruled firm, with tur (marka) remaining steady at Rs 6,100, tur (full) at Rs 5,400-5,450 and tur dal ( sawa no.) at Rs 4,500-4,600.

Moong dropped on lack of demand, though arrivals were poor, too. In the spot market, moong (bold) declined by Rs 100 to Rs 4,100-4,300 and moong (medium) ruled at Rs 3,800-3,900 a quintal. Thousand bags of new moong arrived in Indore mandis on Tuesday, against 1,200 bags on Monday. Moong (monger), taking cues from moong (best), also declined to Rs 5,600-5,700 a quintal. Moong dal (bold) ruled at Rs 5,500-5,550 a quintal and moong dal (average) at Rs 5,200-5,250 a quintal.

Subdued demand kept urad steady. Urad (bold) sold at Rs 4,100-4,200 and urad (medium) at Rs 3,600-3,800 a quintal. Urad (mongar), on the other hand, declined by Rs 100 on weak demand toRs 6,500-6,800 a quintal. Urad dal (bold) ruled steady at Rs 5,750-5,800 a quintal and urad dal (average) at Rs 4850-4,900 a quintal.

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