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Pulses and pulse seeds remained sluggish on weak buying. Intermittent rain in parts of Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours kept traders off the market. Chana and dollar chana or chickpea declined for the second consecutive day.
In the local mandi , chana (kanta) slipped to Rs 2,900-2,950 a quintal against Rs 3,000-3,050 a quintal on Monday. Chana (desi) also declined to Rs 2,900-2,950 a quintal. Beside weak demand, declining futures on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange also kept chana sluggish. Rains brought down arrivals of chana in local mandis to about 2,000 bags.
Taking cues from the weak spot chana, chana dal also declined by Rs 50. Chana dal (bold) quoted at Rs 3,675-3,700, chana dal (medium) at Rs 3,575-3,600 and chana dal (average) ruled at Rs 3,450-3,475 a quintal.
Dollar chana slid on weak domestic demand, with prices in local mandis declining by Rs 100 at Rs 7,400-7,700 a quintal, though traders said it will not fall any further. A thousand bags of dollar chana arrived.While masoor ruled steady at Rs 2,800-2,825 on subdued demand, masoor (medium) quoted at Rs 2,500 a quintal. Masoor dal ruled flat, with masoor dal (bold) being quoted at Rs 3,375-3,400, masoor dal (medium) at Rs 3,275-3,300 and masoor dal (average) at Rs 3,150-3,175 a quintal.
Tur ruled firm at Rs 2,950-3,000 a quintal on weak arrivals and tur (Nimari) ruled at Rs 2,300-2,500 a quintal. Tur dal remained stable despite subdued demand, with tur (marka) being quoted at Rs 5,800 a quintal, tur dal (full) at Rs 5,200-5,250 and tur dal ( sawa no.) at Rs 4,300-4,350.
Moong and urad also remained stable despite lack of buying. Moong (bold) sold at Rs 4,200-4,400 and moong (medium) at Rs 3,600-3,800 a quintal. Moong dal remained steady. Moong (mongar) ruled at Rs 5,700-5,800, moong dal (bold) at Rs 5,500-5,600 and moong dal (average) at Rs 5,200-5,300 a quintal.
Urad and its dal ruled flat. Urad (bold) fetched Rs 3,900-4,000 and urad (medium) Rs 3,550. Urad (monger) ruled at Rs 6,300-6,600, urad dal (bold) at Rs 5,400-5,500 and urad dal (average) at Rs 4,500-4,600 a quintal.
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