Wheat and guwar fluctuated more than once in featureless trading on the commodity wholesale markets during the week ended on January 31, 2004.
However fluctuations occurred, besides wheat and guwar, in plastic mouldings, sela karnel, kirana items, teas, dyes, chemicals, sugar etc.
The prices of wheat fluctuated twice to be quoted last at Rs 1100 and Rs 1120, til Sindh inferior was up Rs 25 to Rs 1625 and better up Rs 40 to Rs 1840, sugar fluctuated to be last quoted at Rs 1625 and better down Rs 10 to Rs 1680, guwar thrice fluctuated to be last quoted at Rs 1270 and Rs 1300, broken rice Irri white down Rs 5 to Rs 945 and better down Rs 5 to Rs 450, yellow peas inferior quoted at Rs 1450 and better down Rs 10 to Rs 1470, dal yellow peas down Rs 25 to Rs 1525, and better down same amount to Rs 1535, beetle chana I down Rs 25 to Rs 1550, and better down Rs 30 to Rs 1580, gram down Rs 25 to Rs 1490, and gram dal down Rs 25 to Rs 1650, and better down Rs 10 to Rs 1680, black pepper from Singapore rose by and lost Rs 50 to Rs 4600, nutmeg down Rs 200 to Rs 8200, big cardamom up Rs 100 to Rs 10800, cloves up Rs 300 to Rs 8100, dry ginger down Rs 100 to Rs 4800, peanuts down Rs 100 to Rs 1600.
Isbaghol quoted at Rs 7600, Sago up Rs 10 to Rs 970 and aniseed down Rs 100 to Rs 5400, darchini up Rs 25 to Rs 2700, rapeseed Nawabshah up Rs 5 to Rs 740, and Rs 750, rapeseed cakes shed Rs 3 to be quoted at Rs 260 and Rs 265.
DYES: Basic colours Aramine O down Rs 4 to Rs 105, Intrasperse brown 335 pc down Rs 5 to Rs 335, Sulphur dyes China yellow GR down Rs 2 to Rs 62, and disperse dyes India Golden 4GL 200 percent quoted at Rs 140 Golden GG 200 percent quoted at Rs 115 and Scarlet B down Rs 3 to Rs 112, Kirana items mace quoted higher at Rs 18600, big cardamom down Rs 300 to Rs 7800, long pepper down Rs 200 to Rs 3700, peanuts down Rs 200 to Rs 1500.
Teas from Kenya PF-1 A grade down Rs 2 to Rs 198, B grade down Rs 2 to Rs 172, plus C grade down Rs 5 to Rs 235, B grade down same amount to Rs 220 and plus C grade up Rs 2 to Rs 180.
JUTE GOODS: Twine 20x3 Bawany brown down Re 1 to Rs 30 16x3 CRT/Indus down 50 paisa to Rs 30, PJSL lost same amount to Rs 30, 40x2 Bawany down 50 paisa to Rs 28.50.
PLASTIC MOULDINGS: underhead PP tape grade India down 75 paisa to Rs 33.75 Kuwait down same amount to Rs 33.75, Saudia down 75 to Rs 33.75, PP injection grade Saudia down 32 paisa to Rs 34.18, Kuwait down 32 paisa to Rs 34.18, Copoly Block up 25 paisa to Rs 36.25.
FRIDAY'S: Chemical: Sodium sulphate down 30 paisa to Rs 8, N.J. Taiwan up Rs 4 to Rs 108, Formic acid Pak down Re 1 to Rs 46, Oxalic acid China down Rs 2 to Rs 41, citric acid China up Re 1 to Rs 60, petroleum jelly China down Re 1 to Rs 58, sulphonic acid Hard up Rs 3 to Rs 67, caustic Taiwan down Re 1 to Rs 22, Rangolite C China down 25 paisa to Rs 24, Germany down Rs 2 to Rs 129, hydrosulphite China 88 percent up Rs 2.70 to Rs 47.30, and Germany's down Re 1 to Rs 66, acetic acid Taiwan down Re 1 to Rs 53.
FRIDAY'S: Sugar inferior lost Rs 25 to Rs 1600, better shed Rs 20 to Rs 1660, rapeseed cakes inferior dropped Rs 25 to Rs 235, better lost Rs 40 to Rs 240, yellow peas shed Rs 10 to Rs 1440, better quoted at Rs 1470, dal yellow peas quoted at Rs 1525 and Rs 1555, beetle chana 50x50 inferior down Rs 15 to Rs 1475, and better quoted at Rs 1510,beetle dal down Rs 25 to Rs 1675 and better down Rs 40 to Rs 1705.
PLASTIC MOULDINGS: HDPE film Saudia 952 down 50 paisa to Rs 34.25, and Mobil down same amount to Rs 34.25.
LLDPE 7087 down 25 paisa to Rs 35.25, and polypropylene film Thai down 63 paisa to Rs 34.12, Kuwait down same amount to Rs 34.12, and India down Rs 63 paisa to Rs 34.12.
SATURDAY'S: Til Sindh quoted at Rs 1625 and better up Rs 10 to Rs 1850. Raw rubber Ceylon's RSSV Rs 40, Latex Semnan Rs 325, Thai G.T. Rs 330.