Lack of demand in pulses kept pulse seeds static. Masur and tur which witnessed a decline on weak buying support. Contrary to expectations, local mandis which opened on Tuesday after a gap of three days, witnessed mixed trend on subdued demand. Overall trading in pulses showed bearish sentiments. Chana ruled firm at Rs 2,280-2,300 a quintal as prices in the futures showed improvement with April contracst on the NCDEX closing Rs 12 higher.
Subdued demand also kept chana dal firm with chana dal (bold) in the spot quoted at Rs 2,950-Rs 3,000, chana dal (medium) quoted at Rs2,850-2,900 and chana dal (average) quoted at Rs 2,750-2,800 a quintal.
Weak demand and selling pressure dragged masoor by Rs 25-50 a quintal with masoor (bold) in the spot quoted at Rs 3,075-3,100. Masoor dal also witnessed a decline of Rs 25 on slack demand with masoor dal (bold) quoted at Rs 3,825-3,850, masoor dal (medium) quoted at Rs 3,700-3,725 and masoor dal (average) quoted at Rs 3,600-3,625 a quintal.
Tur ruled sluggish on weak demand. In the spot, tur (Maharashtra) quoted at Rs 3,450-3,475, while tur (red) quoted at Rs 3,300.
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