Trading in pulses and pulse seeds remained sluggish on subdued buying interest. Increased arrival and weak buying dragged tur, masoor and urad, while chana and moong remained firm. Tur (Maharashtra) declined to Rs 3,300 a quintal on sluggish demand. Tur (Nimari) and tur (red) also declined by Rs 50 at Rs 2,950 and Rs 3,050 a quintal. Decline in tur lowered demand for its pulses as well. Tur dal (marka) in the spot quoted about Rs 100 down at Rs 6,100, while tur dal (full) quoted at Rs 5,600 and tur dal (sawa no) quoted at Rs 5,150 a quintal.

Urad also witnessed a sharp decline on rise in selling pressure of importers. Urad (bold) fell with its prices on the spot being quoted Rs 100 down at Rs 4,050 a quintal. Similarly, urad (medium) quoted at Rs 3,600-Rs 3,700 a quintal. Urad dal, however, remained firm with urad dal (chilka) quoted at Rs 4,900-Rs 5,000, urad dal (bold) quoted at Rs 5,900 and urad mongar quoted at Rs 6,800-Rs 7,100 a quintal.

Masoor also witnessed a downtrend on subdued demand. In the spot, masoor (bold) quoted Rs 50 down at Rs 3,050 a quintal, while masoor (medium) quoted at Rs 2,750. On the back of weak support to masoor, its dal also declined by Rs 25-Rs 50 with the prices of masoor dal (bold) in the spot being quoted at Rs 3,750, while masoor dal (medium) quoted at Rs 3,550 a quintal.

Moong and chana remained firm. In the spot moong (bold) quoted at around Rs 5,100, while moong (medium) quoted at Rs 4,300-Rs 4,500 a quintal. On the other hand, moong dal showed a marginal decline with moong mongar in the spot quoted at Rs 6,200-Rs 6,300, moong dal (bold) quoted at Rs 6,200-Rs 6,250.

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