Wheat,maize ease on reduced offtake

Traders said reduced offtake by flour mills against sufficient supplies in the market mainly helped wheat dara prices to ease.

Wheat dara and maize prices fell up to Rs 20 per quintal on the wholesale grains market today due to reduced offtake by flour mills and stockists against adequate supplies.

Traders said reduced offtake by flour mills against sufficient supplies in the market mainly helped wheat dara prices to ease.

They said sluggish demand from stockists and retailers led to decline in maize prices.

In the national capital,wheat dara (for mills)declined by Rs 15 to Rs 1,235-1,245 while atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded lower by the same margin to Rs 1,245-1,250 per 90 kg. Maize also weakened by Rs 20 to Rs 1,340-1,350 per quintal.

The following are today’s quotations in Rs per quintal:

Wheat MP (deshi) 1,675-1,875,Wheat dara (for mills) 1,235-1,245,Chakki atta (delivery) 1,245-1,250,Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) 190,Shakti bhog (10 kg) 190,Roller flour mill 650-670 (50 kg),Maida 720-740 (50 kg) and Sooji 740-760 (50kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) 9,500,Shri Lal Mahal 9,300,Super Basmati Rice 9,000,Basmati common new 4,200-4,300; Rice Pusa-(1121) new 3,350-3,950,Permal raw 1,800-1,850,Permal wand 2,000-2,050,Sela 2,050-2,100 and Rice IR-8 1,350-1,400,Bajra 985-990,Jowar yellow 975-1,025,white 1,825-1,925,Maize 1,340-1,350,Barley 1,085-1,095,Rajasthan 1,080-1,090.