Barring tur and urad, pulses ruled steady on subdued demand. Chana ruled firm and there was no buying at the higher rate. Besides, weak arrival with merely 2,000 bags being offloaded in the local mandis on Tuesday also kept chana firm. Chana prices on Monday had tanked to Rs 2,250 a quintal on weak demand and increased arrival.

However, on Tuesday morning, chana recovered its losses on the back of increased buying at lower rate and it closed at Rs 25-30 up from the previous day's low of Rs 2,275-2,280 a quintal. Moreover, demand for chana and other pulses in the local mandis was low because of March ending. On the spot, chana (desi) quoted at Rs 2,200 a quintal and chana (mausmi) quoted at Rs 2,300-2,400 a quintal.

Chana dal, however, saw a decline on slack demand, as compared with the previous day. In the spot, chana dal (bold) quoted Rs 25 down at Rs 2,900-2925 a quintal, chana dal (medium) quoted at Rs 2,800-2,850 and chana dal (average) quoted at Rs 2,700-2,750 a quintal. Tur and its dal gained on improved queries and weak arrival.

Tur on Tuesday quoted Rs 50 up. Tur (white, Maharashtra) quoted at Rs 3,800-3,825 a quintal, tur (red) quoted at Rs 3,650 and tur (Nimari) quoted at Rs 3,300-3,500 a quintal. Rise in tur also perked up tur dal (marka) that quoted at Rs 6,400 a quintal. Tur dal (full) quoted at Rs 5,700-5,800 a quintal and tur dal (sawa no.) quoted at Rs 5,100-5,200 a quintal.

Traders have attributed rise in tur to increasing prices of imported lemon tur, besides its weak availability because of mandis being closed in Maharashtra for the past few days.

In the past two days, urad has also gained Rs 100 on improved queries and slack arrival. In the spot, urad (bold) on Tuesday quoted Rs 4,200-4,300 and urad (medium) quoted at Rs 3,500-3,700 a quintal.

Urad dal remained firm with prices of urad (mongar) quoted at Rs 6,800-7,000 a quintal, urad dal (bold) quoted at Rs 6,000 a quintal and urad dal (chilka) quoted at Rs 4,900-5,000 a quintal. Rise in urad has mainly been attributed to rise in prices of imported pulses and lack of urad imports from Myanmar, where the crop was damaged because of the quake.

Masoor and moong remained steady on limited demand. In the spot, masoor (masra) quoted at Rs 3,225-3,250 a quintal and masoor (medium) quoted at Rs 2,900. Similarly, masoor dal remained steady with masoor dal (bold) in the spot quoted at Rs 3,875-3,900, masoor dal (medium) quoted at Rs 3,775-3,800 a quintal and masoor dal (average) quoted at Rs 3,650-3,675 a quintal.

Moong also ruled firm with prices of moong (best quality) quoted at Rs 4,500-4,800 and moong (medium) quoted at Rs 4,000-4,200 a quintal. Similarly, moong dal remained steady with moong (monger) in the spot quoted at Rs 6,200-6,300 a quintal, moong dal (bold) quoted at Rs 6,000 and moong dal (chilka) quoted at Rs 5,500-5,600 a quintal.

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