Sustainability in edible oil, gram strong, sugar, wheat
Amid volatility in edible oils abroad, their prices rose in the Delhi Wholesale Commodities Market on Monday. Along with edible oils, the prices of gram and chana dal also increased while that of wheat and sugar remained stable.
Oil-oilseeds: Globally, the October futures of palm oil on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange in Malaysia rose 14 ringgit to 4,285 ringgit per tonne. At the same time, US soya oil futures for December slipped 0.83 cents to 62.40 cents per pound.
Due to less arrival in the local market, palm oil became costlier by Rs 293 and mustard oil, soya oil and vegetable by Rs 219-219 per quintal. There was no change in the prices of Groundnut Oil and Sunflower Oil.
Jaggery-Sugar: The prices of sugar remained at the level of the previous day. There was no change in the price of jaggery.
Pulses and Pulses: Chana dal became expensive by Rs 150 per quintal due to the arrival of the consumer. The prices of masoor dal, urad dal, moong dal and tur dal remained stable. The price of gram also increased by Rs 150 per quintal.
Cereals: Prices of wheat and rice remained more or less unchanged.
The wholesale prices of food grains released on the government website were as follows:-
Pulses and Pulses: Gram 4,700-4,800, Dal gram 5,800-5,950, Lentil black 7,200-7,400, Moong dal 7,700-8,000, Urad dal 8,800-9,100, Arhar dal Rs 8,400-8,750 per quintal.
Grain: (price per quintal) Wheat rate was Rs 1880-1980 and rice: Rs 2250-2350 per quintal.
Sugar-Jaggery: Sugar S. 3410-3510, Sugar M. 3440-3540, Mill Delivery 3250-3350 and Jaggery Rs. 3750-3850 per quintal.
Edible oil: Mustard oil stood at Rs 16,703, Groundnut oil at Rs 17,948, Sunflower oil at Rs 18,754, Soya refined at Rs 15,237, Palm oil at Rs 12,014 and Vegetable oil at Rs 13,259 per quintal.
