NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Wheat prices inched up by Rs 5 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today on mild demand.
However, other grains moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and pegged at last levels.
Traders said attributed the rise in wheat prices to mild demand from flour mills.
In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills)edged up by Rs 5 to Rs 1,760-1,765 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 1,765-1,770 per 90 kg.
Following are today’s quotations (in Rs per quintal):
Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,100-2,350, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,760-1,765, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,765-1,770, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 950-960 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,030-1,040 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 6,400-6,600, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 5,200-5,300, Permal raw Rs 2,200-2,225, Permal wand Rs 2,250-2,275, Sela Rs 2,300-2,400 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,850-1,875, Bajra Rs 1,205-1,210, Jowar yellow Rs 1,425-1,475, white Rs 2,800-2,900, Maize Rs 1,320- 1,325, Barley Rs 1,460-1,470. (PTI)