The rice market witnessed a mixed trend; prices of Pusa 1121 continued to tumble in the domestic market, while the prices of non-basmati and other aromatic varieties witnessed a steady trend.

Mr Amit Chandna, proprietor of Hanuman Rice Trading Company, said sluggish domestic demand against ample stocks led the prices of Pusa 1121 downwards while the other varieties managed to rule firm. There is no bulk buying in the market, retail traders are also buying in limited quantity as the prices are falling continuously, he added.

On Monday, prices of Pusa 1121 rice (steam) dropped by Rs 30-40 and ruled at Rs 5,180-5,220 a quintal, Pusa-1121(sela) ruled at Rs 4,200-4,320, and Pusa-1121(raw) at Rs 5,100-5,130. Basmati (sela) was sold at Rs 6,200 and basmati (raw) at Rs 7,300-7,325. Prices of duplicate basmati ruled at Rs 3,970-4,050 a quintal.

Prices of broken varieties of aromatic and non basmati continued to rule flat. Brokens such as Tibar was quoted at Rs 3,000-3,500, Dubar at Rs 2,200-2,600 and Mongra was at Rs 1,900-2,100.

Sharbati (sela) quoted at around Rs 2,600-2,680 while the Sharbati (steam) at Rs 3,000-3,150.

Permal (sela) ruled at Rs 1,900-2,110 and Permal (steam) was at Rs 2,100-2,175 a quintal. For the brokens of Sharbati variety, Tibar was quoted at Rs 2,450, Dubar was at 2,100 and Mongra was at Rs 1,470.

Paddy Trading

About 180 bags of Pusa (duplicate basmati) arrived and were sold at Rs 2,100-2,270 a quintal and around 170 bags of Pusa-1121 at Rs 2,100-2,380 a quintal. Around 200 bags of pure basmati arrived and were sold at Rs 2,200-2,650 a quintal.

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