Rice market witnessed a steady trend with the prices of aromatic and non-basmati varieties ruling firm on previous levels.

The PR varieties may witness a fall in the coming days as millers and traders are holding massive stocks and demand is not picking up, said Mr Praveen Kumar, a rice miller.

On Friday, Pusa-1121 (steam) ruled at Rs 4,850 a quintal, Pusa-1121(sela) sold at Rs 3,850-3,900 while Pusa-1121(raw) quoted at Rs 4,330 a quintal.

Branded Basmati rice, Shri Lal Mahal and Lal Quila, were ruling at Rs 9,100 and Rs 9,300 a quintal, respectively.

Duplicate basmati ruled around Rs3,500. Pure Basmati (Raw) sold at Rs 5,900-6,000 a quintal while Basmati Sela was ruling at Rs 4,000-4,025 a quintal.

Among the brokens of Pusa 1121, Tibar sold at Rs 3,100-3,250, Dubar ruled around Rs 2,550 and Mongra was trading at Rs 1,900-2,070 a quintal.

Sharbati (steam) quoted at Rs 2,900-2,960 while the Sharbati (Sela) at Rs 2,750-2,800a quintal.

PR11 (Sela) sold at Rs 2,000-2,175 while PR-11(Raw) quoted at Rs 1,950-2,130 a quintal.

Permal (sela) quoted at Rs 1,700-1,920 a quintal while Permal (Raw) sold at Rs 1,900-2,080 a quintal.

Brokens of the Sharbati variety, Tibar quoted at Rs 2,350-2,470, Dubar was at Rs2,100-2,200 and Mongra ruled around Rs 1,700 a quintal.

Paddy Arrival

About 1,450 bags of Govinda variety arrived from Uttar Pradesh and quoted at Rs 800-860 a quintal.