Thursday, October 4, 2007

Pepper, jeera gain amid mixed trend

MUMBAI: In domestic futures, turnover on MCX in the first session up to 5:45 pm was Rs 5,967.16 crore, up 43.89% from the first session turnover on Monday. Bullion turnover was Rs 3,127 crore. Gold contracts, including gold mini, declined between Rs 160 and 122 per 10 grams. Gold October contract was down 1.58% at Rs 9,388 per 10 grams.


Silver contracts, including silver mini, traded down between Rs 381 and Rs 309 per kg. The December contract was down 2.01% at Rs 18,096 per kg.

In the base metals segment, copper contracts turnover was Rs 760.53 crore. The November contract was up 1.14% at Rs 325.05 per kg. Turnover of all zinc contracts was Rs 523.03 crore. Zinc October contract was up 0.16% at Rs 125.15 per kg. Turnover of all nickel contracts was Rs 225.75 crore. Nickel October delivery contract up 2.47% at Rs 1257.90 per kg. Natural gas was up 4.36% at Rs 292.30 per mmBTU. Turnover across all contracts was Rs 79.14 crore.

Mixed trend was seen in agri commodities with pepper and jeera moving up while edible oil complex moving down. A total turnover of Rs 2,013 crore was registered at NCDEX.

Pepper closed up at Rs 12,302 per quintal with a turnover of Rs 190 crore while jeera closed up at Rs 9,835 per quintal with a turnover of Rs 179 crore.

Soya oil recorded a turnover of Rs 341 crore and the September contract closed down at Rs 478 per 10 kg, soyabean registered a turnover of Rs 238 crore closing down at Rs 1570.5 per quintal. Guar seed closed up at Rs 1,698 per quintal posting a turnover of Rs 296 crore. Chana posted a turnover of Rs 158 crore closing down at Rs 2,323 per quintal.

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