The wholesale commodity markets depicted sluggish look as traders sit finger crossed hoping some pace to come during the week ended on September 11, 2004. The changes were few and far between.
The two major trading centres Jodia Bazar and seed and grain markets witnessed no trading or very insignificant movement on Monday, the rest of the week days being no better.
The changes were in plastic mouldings, barley, wheat, guwar, til Sindh cotton seeds and cakes, Khandsari, rapeseed cakes, etc.
Anyway barley was sharpest gainer as it was up Rs 100 to Rs 1100, wheat lost Rs 5 to Rs 1180, guwar fluctuated more than once losing earlier sharply but later gained Rs 75 to Rs 1900 and Rs 1950, Khandsari lost Rs 50 to Rs 1600 and Rs 1900, til Sindh inferior put but finer type up Rs 50 to Rs 1700, cottonseeds up Rs 5 to Rs 445 and better shed Rs 2 to Rs 448.
Rapeseed cakes inferior up Rs 2 to Rs 270 and better quoted at Rs 272, barley Sindh and Mardan earlier gained Rs 100 to Rs 100 but lost later Rs 50 to Rs 1050.
FRIDAY'S: milk powder Haleeb SMP up Rs 250 to Rs 3850, Kerry Gold up Rs 625 to Rs 3625 and Haleeb Veg was quoted at Rs 3750.
Cotton cakes quoted at Rs 435 and Rs 445, Castor seeds Lasbela and Sindh picked up Rs 25 to Rs 700 and Rs 725, guwar up Rs 80 to Rs 1980 and Rs 2000, bajra up Rs 150 to Rs 1350, and Rs 1450, sugar up Rs 10 to Rs 1920, and Rs 1940, Khandsari registered at Rs 1650.