Mixed trend prevails in wholesale foodgrain market

CHENNAI: Prices of thoor dal, urad dal and gram dal went up, moong dal moved down and all other commodities traded at their previous week's close in the wholesale foodgrains market during the week ended today.

Gram dal opened at Rs 5,300 and went up by Rs 200 per quintal to Rs 5,500 on Thursday to end the week at the same rate.

Thoor dal and urad dal moved up by Rs 100 each per quintal on Thursday from their opening rate of Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,400, respectively and ended Rs 7,100 and Rs 5,500.

Moong dal opened by Rs 6,500 on Monday, a loss of Rs 100 per quintal and went down further on Thursday by Rs 300 to end the week at Rs 6,200.

Prices of sugar, wheat, Maida (90 kg) and sooji (90 kg) remained unaltered throughout the week.