Stable bleaching powder higher on increase demand

Stable beaching powder rose by Rs 25 to settle at Rs 350-425 per 25 kg.

Traders said fresh demand from consuming units amid fall in supplies from producing belts mainly pushed up stable bleaching powder prices in the wholesale chemical market here.

The following are today’s quotations: Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 850-2,200,acetic acid (1kg) Rs 42-52,ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 450-700,boric acid technical (50 kg) Rs 5,500-6,000,borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,400-2,800.

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,900-2,050,citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,200- 3,400,citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,000-3,600,camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 360,camphor powder (1kg) Rs 320,glycerine (1 kg) Rs 150-320,hexamine (1kg) Rs 95,hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) Rs 40-60,menthol bold crystal (per kg) Rs 1,490,menthol flake (1 kg) Rs 1,435 and mentha oil (1kg) Rs 1,365.