With restricted trading in the market, prices of aromatic and non-basmati rice were quoted with marginal variations on Wednesday.

Pusa-1121(steam) rose by Rs 15 and sold at Rs 4,940-5,190 a quintal, while Pusa-1121(sela) and Pusa-1121(raw) remained unchanged and were ruling at Rs 4,000 and Rs 4,400 a quintal, respectively.

Mr Praveen Kumar, a rice miller, told Business Line that the demand of Brokens, Permal and PR11 varieties is rising in the domestic market. Brokens and Permal may hold their position this week while PR11 may witness an uptrend.

Duplicate basmati decreased by Rs 10 and was quoted at Rs 3,440 a quintal. Pure Basmati (Raw) was ruling between Rs 5,875 and Rs 5,900 a quintal while Basmati Sela quoted was at Rs 4,000 a quintal.

For the brokens of Pusa 1121, Tibar sold at Rs 3,100-3,325, Dubar ruled at Rs 2,655 and Mongra was trading at Rs 1,900-2,145 a quintal.

Low buying pulled Sharbati (steam) down by Rs 25 and ruled around Rs 2,875 while the Sharbati (Sela) was at Rs 2,740 a quintal.

Among the brokens of Sharbati variety, Tibar quoted at Rs 2,350-2,500, Dubar sold at Rs 2,100-2,250 while Mongra was trading at Rs 1,730-1,750 a quintal.

Permal varieties continued to rule firm, Permal (sela) quoted at Rs 1,700-1,840 a quintal while Permal (Raw) sold at Rs 1,900-2,015 a quintal.

PR11(Sela) rose by Rs 20 and sold at Rs 2,000-2,015 while PR-11(Raw) quoted at Rs 1,925-2,100 a quintal.

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