Most of the pulses ruled steady while pulse seeds showed mixed trend amid dull trading. Because of Sheel Saptmi which falls on Saturday, majority of small mandis across the State remained closed. Pulse seeds and other grains in Indore mandis saw a steep decline with merely 1,000-1,200 bags of chana and 300-400 bags of masoor arriving in the local mandis on Friday. Weak arrival and poor buying affected trading, leading to bearish sentiment in pulses. Nevertheless, chana and urad saw a marginal gain on weak arrival and improved queries.

Supported by marginal rise in futures on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCEDX), chana in the spot was quoted Rs 10-20 higher at Rs 2,340-2,350 a quintal. Chana (desi) quoted at Rs 2,300 and chana (mausmi) quoted at Rs 2,300-2,400 a quintal. Chana dal ruled firm. Chana dal (bold) quoted at Rs 2,950-3,000, chana dal (memdium) quoted at Rs 2,850-2,900 and chana dal (average) quoted at Rs 2,750-2,800 a quintal. Urad also gained Rs 50 on improved queries with its prices in the spot quoted at Rs 4,150-4,200 a quintal. Urad (medium) quoted at Rs 3,400-3,600 a quintal. Urad dal however, ruled steady with urad (mongar) quoted at Rs 6,600-7,000, urad dal (bold) quoted at Rs 5,850 and urad dal (chilka) quoted at Rs 4,800-4,850 a quintal.

Masoor

Declining demand dragged masoor and tur in the spot. Masoor declined to Rs 3,210-3,215 a quintal on lack of buying at the current level. Masoor (medium) quoted at Rs 2,950-3,000 a quintal. However, no change was observed in masoor dal with masoor dal (bold) in the spot quoted at Rs 3,925-3,950 a quintal, masoor dal (medium) quoted at Rs 3,775-3,800 a quintal and masoor dal (average) quoted at Rs 3,675-3,700 a quintal.

Poor demand also dragged tur by Rs 50 with the prices of tur (white, Maharashtra quality) in the spot quoted at Rs 3,700 a quintal. Tur (Nimari) quoted at Rs 3,400-3,600 and tur (red) quoted at Rs 3,600 a quintal.

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