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Akbari Mandi: prices

depict upward drive

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Akbari Mandi opened with optimistic trend after a weekly off and a number of commodities took a rise despite continued downpour in the provincial metropolis.

Major changes were observed in the rates of sugar and oil. Sugar was up by Rs. 5 per bag when oil took a jump of Rs. 10 per 4 kgs. A delivery order of sugar was finalized by a local trader with Ghotki Sugar Mills (Sindh) for Rs. 1475 per 100 kgs bag. In trading on Saturday sugar stage a rise of Rs. 5 per bag following the previous week's trend.

Following were the commodity rates on Saturday:

SUGAR

(Prices in rupees per 100 kgs)

White 1545/1550

Gur 900/1150

Shakar 1000/1200

OILSEED

Rapeseed 1500/1625

Linseed 1450/1500

OIL (per 40 liters)

Cottonseed oil (pure cooking) 1330

Cottonseed oil (impure) 1190

Rapeseed oil 1340

Linseed oil 1375

Coconut oil 1355

RICE (per fourty kgs)

Basmati (new) 400

Basmati super Nirala 650

Basmati Colonal 625

Irri-9 250

Basmati broken (mix) 300

OILCAKES (per 100 kgs)

Cottonseed cake 525/575

Rapeseed Cake 425/450

CEREALS (per 100 kgs)

Wheat 462/475

Maize (red) 600/750

Maize (white) 650/700

Moong (thick) 1600/1625

Moong (thin) 1510/1562

Mash (thin) 2200/2250

Mash (thick) 2800/3000

Gram (white) 2825/3250

Gram (Black) 1625/1850

Masoor (thick) 2000/1625

Masoor (thin) 1600/1625

Barley 465/475

Jawar 700/750

Bajra 612/625

Almond (superior) 5200/9000

Almond (inferior) 3300/3350

Coconut 5400/550

PULSES

Dal gram 1825/1900

Dal Masoor 1750/2075

Dal Moong unwashed (thin) 1750/1775

Dal Moong unwashed(thick) 2000/2025

Dal Moong washed 2050/2075

Dal Mash unwashed (thin) 2625/2750

Dal Mash unwashed (thick) 3400/3500

Dal Mash washed 3250/3550

PEPPERS

Red whole (Punjab) 3000/6000

Red whole (Sindh) 6000/7500

Red whole (imported) 4000/5000

Black 12000/13000

Desi Ghee price per 100 kg 11600/12400

Tobacco per 100 kgs 1600/3000