Some buying pushed old Permal and PR11 rice varieties up by Rs 15-100 a quintal, while the prices of all other aromatic and non-basmati varieties ruled firm on Friday.

New Permal and PR11 rice varieties are available but traders are not showing any interest in buying at present, said Mr Praveen Kumar, a rice miller. Buyers are not keen purchase new rice while the demand of old Permal and PR11 is rising, said Mr Amit Chandna, proprietor of Hanuman Rice Trading Company.

Though, earlier, traders were not expecting any uptrend in the prices of Permal and PR11 at this time of the year, some good domestic buying pushed prices upwards.

PR11(Sela) rose further by Rs 25 and sold at Rs 2,000-2,300, while PR-11(raw) quoted at Rs 1,925-2,165 a quintal.

Permal (sela) increased by Rs 100 and sold at Rs 1,800-2,000/, while Permal (rRaw) sold at Rs 1,900-2,050/.

After witnessing an uptrend earlier this week, Pusa-1121(steam) sold at Rs 4,950-5,220 , Pusa-1121(sela) at Rs 3,950-3,990, and Pusa-1121 (raw) ruled at Rs 4,400 .

For the brokens of Pusa 1121, Tibar sold at Rs 3,100-3,350, Dubar ruled at Rs 2,600-2,650 and Mongra was trading at Rs 1,900-2,150 .

Duplicate basmati was quoted at Rs 3,400-3,425 . Pure Basmati (raw) was ruling at Rs 5,850 , while Basmati Sela was quoted around Rs 3,940 a quintal.

Sharbati varieties continued to rule flat, Sharbati (steam) ruled at Rs 2,850, while the Sharbati (Sela) was at Rs 2,720-2,750 .

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 .

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