Commodities market witnesses mixed trend

CHENNAI: Prices of uraddal went up, while wheat, maida and sooji declined, rest of the commodities remained unaltered during the week end in the wholesale foodgrains market here today.


Urad dal opened the week at Rs.5,600 per quintal, went up by Rs.200 from its previous rate and again went up further to Rs.5700 on Wednesday to end at the same rate at the end of the week.

Wheat opened the week at Rs.2300 per quintal, a decline of Rs.100 on Wednesday to Rs.2200 and finished at the same rate at the end of the week.

On the other hand, maida and sooji (both 90 kg) ended the week with a loss of Rs.50 each from their previous week's rates, at Rs.2,200 and Rs.2,300 respectively.

Prices of thoor dal, moong dal, gram dal and sugar ruled steady throughout the week.