Maize Futures Tumble On NCDEX

Mumbai: Maize futures on NCDEX tumbled 2.06 per cent to Rs 688 per quintal on profit booking. Sugar futures turned bearish after the Government announced slew of sops to the sector. It lost 0.61 to Rs 1,304 per quintal. Speculative selling pulled down turmeric futures to Rs 1,955 per quintal. Firm soya complex helped castor futures to gain 1.12 per cent to Rs 407 per 20 kg.

Jeera up

Jeera futures were up 1.01 per cent at Rs 10,925 per quintal on good buying in the Unjha spot market. Large warehouse inventory pulled down potato (Tarkeshwar) futures on MCX down by 1.31 per cent to Rs 641.5 per quintal. Cardamom futures dipped 0.68 per cent to Rs 507 per quintal. NCDEX’s Futexagri fell 0.08 per cent to 1431.14 points and NCDEXAGRI was up 0.28 per cent to 1422.01 points.

MCX Comdex-the composite index of metals, energy and agri sub-indices-was up 0.77 per cent at 2248.30 points. MCX Metal Index gained 0.57 per cent at 2566.66 points, MCX Energy Index was up 1.24 per cent at 2439.40 points.