Commodities on the wholesale markets fluctuated both ways showing modest loss or gain during the work ended on April 24, 2004.
Major items fluctuated were til, milk powder, tea, yellow peas and dal, beetle chana I and 50x50, gram new, Irri 9 Sindh and guwar.
The milk powder had a few changes on the lower side such as skimmed Germany up Rs 50 to Rs 3700, Haleeb SMP up Rs 50 to Rs 3650, skim Pak up Rs 50 to Rs 3700, full instant Bale Haleeb lost Rs 50 to Rs 3950, Bailie Gold shed same amount to Rs 3950 and Corolac up Rs 25 to Rs 4000.
KIRANA ITEM: mace down Rs 1000 to Rs 1680, nutmeg shed Rs 80 to Rs 8320, big cardamom down Rs 100 to Rs 700, cloves up Rs 50 to Rs 8950, dry ginger from China up Rs 300 to Rs 65400, sago down Rs 15 to Rs 1075, aniseed down Rs 200 to Rs 4800, cuminseed up Rs 20 to Rs 2600 and darchini down Rs 75 to Rs 2525.
Jute and hessian goods 20x3 brown up 50 paisa to Rs 2950, 16x3 CRT/Indus up 50 paisa to Rs 29.50, 8x3 down Re 1 to Rs 44, Hessian cloth 45x10 Amin down Rs 10 to Rs 1340, 45x11 down same amount to Rs 1640 and 40x9 Thul down Rs 50 to Rs 1400.
TEA PRICES: Kenyan PF-1 A grade up Rs 2 to Rs 180, A grade up Rs 2 to Rs 156, plus C grade down Rs 4 to Rs 150, BP 1A grade down Rs 2 to Rs 218, B grade down Re 1 to Rs 214, plus C grade up Rs 2 to Rs 182, and C grade up Re 1 to Rs 161, D-1 A grade dow Rs 5 to Rs 222, B grade up Re 1 to Rs 184, Dust A grade down Rs 10 to Rs 150, B grade down Rs 10 to Rs 145, and plus C grade down Rs 5 to Rs 125.
Bangladeshis Garden Pack original down Rs 2 to Rs 97, Gulab down same amount to Rs 97 and Khushbu up Re 1 to Rs 88. Rapeseed Nawabshah lost and gained Rs 25 to be last quoted at Rs 775 and better quoted at Rs 780, Dadu lost Rs 90 to Rs 600 and better quoted at Rs 700.
Mirpur quoted at Rs 760 and better up Rs 65 to Rs 765, rapeseed cakes inferior rapeseed cakes inferior up Rs 10 to Rs 275 and better up Rs 8 to Rs 278, til Sindh inferior up Rs 50 to Rs 1700 and better up Rs 25 to Rs 2000.
COTTON CAKES: twice revised to be last seen at Rs 475 and Rs 480, wheat Sindh twice revised quoted Rs 35 up at Rs 1020, and Punjab at Rs 985, guwar all stations up Rs 15 to Rs 1435, yellow peas inferior up Rs 10 to Rs 1635 and better up Rs 15 to Rs 1670, dal yellow quoted at Rs 1725 and Rs 1760, Beetle chana I inferior lost Rs 50 to Rs 1800 and better shed Rs 40 to Rs 1840, beetle chana 50x50 inferior down Rs 1725 and better lost Rs 30 to Rs 1760, beetle dal inferior shed Rs 50 to Rs 2000 and better shed Rs 40 to Rs 2050, gram inferior quoted at Rs 1680 and better down Rs 30 to Rs 1720, and gram dal shed Rs 50 to Rs 1900 and better shed Rs 60 to Rs 1940, super basmati Sindh quoted at Rs 2100 and Rs 2400 and castorseed Lasbela and Sindh inferior to Rs 15 to Rs 560 and better Rs 30 to Rs 570.
FRIDAYS: HDPE film Saudia 952 down 63 paisa to Rs 33.87, mobil lost same amount to Rs 33.87, TR 144 lost 25 paisa to Rs 33.50, HDPE infection sabic 200056 down Rs 1.62 to Rs 34.87, mobil 016 down 13 paisa to Rs 34.89, Thai down 38 paisa to Rs 34.62.
HDPE blow Kuwait down Rs 50 to Rs 34.50, Marlex down 25 paisa to Rs 33.75 and Iran down t0 paisa to Rs 33.50, LLDPE W118 down Rs 1.15 to Rs 34.50, 7087 down 87 paisa to Rs 34.50, polypropylene film Thai up 25 paisa to Rs 34.50, Kuwait up same amount to Rs 34.50.
India too quoted down at Rs 34.50 PP tape grade down 13 paisa to Rs 33.12, Kuwait down 50 paisa to Rs 34.50, Copoly block down 50 paisa to Rs 35, and high impact Pakistan down Rs 62 to Rs 2244.
Beetle chana 50x50 inferior up Rs 35 to Rs 1760, better type up Rs 40 to Rs 1800, gram new up Rs 30 to Rs 1710, gram dal inferior up Rs 25 to Rs 1925, better up Rs 25 to Rs 1965, basmati 3686 quoted at Rs 1950 and better down Rs 50 to Rs 2000, Urad Barma up Rs 15 to Rs 615, and better up Rs 20 to Rs 630, wheat Sindh up Rs 20 to Rs 1040, guwar up al stations Rs 10 to Rs 1445 and better up same amount to Rs 1460, dal masoor Iran up Rs 100 to Rs 2800 and better up Rs 100 to Rs 3000, cotton cakes up Rs 5 to Rs 280 and better up Rs 7 to Rs 282.
SATURDAY'S: Dal yellow peas inferior up Rs 25 to Rs 1750 and better up Rs 20 to Rs 1780, Naphthols China bordeux GP down Rs 5 to Rs 175, dispers dyes India yellow 4GL 200 percent quoted at Rs 140.
Golden GG 200 percent down Rs 5 to Rs 145, Scarlet B down Rs 5 to Rs 100, Violet S-3R 200 percent down Rs 20 to Rs 180, acrylic dyes Red 3R 300 percent down Rs 10 to Rs 290, Turquish XGB 175 PC down Rs 10 to Rs 290 and yellow 7GL 500 percent down Rs 20 to Rs 430, disperse dyes Lumacel up Rs 10 to Rs 310.
FOLLOWING VARIATIONS WERE SEEN IN QUOTATION FOR HIDE AND SKIMS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2004: Wet salted goat skins extra large II quoted at Rs 270 and III quoted at Rs 170 and large II quoted at Rs 250 and III quoted at Rs 140, sheep skins: Extra large I quoted at Rs 475, II at Rs 350, large I at Rs 450 and II at Rs 300, medium I at Rs 300 and III of Rs 170, small I at Rs 100 and I at Rs 70, Buffalo hides extra large I quoted at Rs 1800, II at Rs 1500 III at Rs 1200, large I at Rs 1400, II at Rs 1050,medium I at Rs 850 and II at Rs 700, small at Rs 650 and II at Rs 500.
COW HIDES: extra large I at Rs 2300, II at Rs 2000, large I at Rs 2000 and II at Rs 1700, medium I at Rs 1800 and II at Rs 750.