Coconut oil weakens in thin trade

NEW DELHI, Mar 30:  In thin trade, coconut oil prices fell by Rs 20 per tin on the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today owing to slackened demand.
However, other edible and non-edible oils moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled around previous levels.
Traders said slackened demand and lower advices from producing regions mainly led to decline in coconut oil prices.
In the national capital, coconut oil declined by Rs 20 to Rs 1,340-1,390 per tin.
The following were today’s quotations per quintal:
Oilseeds: Mustardseed 2,950-3,050 and Groundnut Seed 2,150-2,900.
Vanaspati Ghee (15-litre tin) 1,100-1,250.
Edible oils: Groundnut Mill Delivery (Gujarat) 11,800, Groundnut Solvent Refined (per tin) 2,100-2,150, Mustard expeller (Dadri) 7,100, Mustard Pakki Ghani (per tin) 1,260-1,340, Mustard Kachi Ghani (per tin) 1,345-1,445, Sunflower 6,300, Sesame Mill Delivery 11,750, Soybean Refined Mill Delivery (Indore) 6,900, Soyabean Degum (Kandla) 6,450, Crude Palm Oil (Ex-Kandla) 6,750, Cottonseed Mill Delivery (Haryana) 6,350, Palmolein (RBD) Rs 6,950, Palmolein (Kandla) 6,450, Rice Bran (phy) 3,800 and Coconut (per tin)1,340-1,390.
Non-edible oils: Linseed 6,450, Mahuwa 4,000, Castor 8,700-8,800, Neem 4,950-5,050, Rice Bran 3,130-3,230 and Palm Fatty 3,225-3,300.
Oilcakes: Groundnut Dehusk 800-850, Sesame 950-1,150, Mustard (New) 1,000-1,025, Mustard 1,200-1,210 and Cottonseed 1,075-1,175. (PTI)