Sluggish demand and panic selling dented tur with the Maharashtra variety's prices plummeting to Rs 2,750-2,800 a quintal. Tur ( Nimari ) also declined to Rs 2,400 a quintal.

Taking cues from the decline in tur (Maharashtra), tur ( marka ) also fell to Rs 5,600 a quintal, tur dal (full) ruled at Rs 5,200-5,250 a quintal and tur dal ( sawa no.) at Rs 4,350-4,400.

With buying dropping, tur has dipped by Rs 150-200 a quintal in the past 2-3 days. Tur has fallen because of weak demand and expected arrival of summer crops from States such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Those who had built up stocks of tur are now selling them in a panic fearing further fall in its prices, traders said.

Absence of demand and weak buying also dragged masur with prices in private trading quoted at Rs 2,725-2,750 a quintal and masur (medium) at Rs 2,450-2,500 a quintal. Masur dal ruled steady with masur dal (bold) being quoted at Rs 3,400-3,425, masur dal (medium) Rs 3,300-3,325 and masur dal (average) at Rs 3,175-3,200 a quintal.

Moong and urad ruled firm amidst subdued demand. New moong ruled steady at Rs 3,800-4,200 and urad (bold) ruled at Rs 4,000. Moong and urad dal remained unchanged with moong (mongar) being quoted at Rs 5,700-5,800.

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