Agriwatch: Cotton, onion up
The Agriwatch Agri Commodities Index gained 0.63 per cent to 108.87 during the week ended October 13, 2018 from 108.19 the previous week as onion and cotton prices recovered after a sharp fall. Pulses and cereals rose while oilseeds and spices declined.
The base for Index and sub-Indices is 2014 (= 100). Six of the nine commodity group sub-Indices and 16 of the 29 individual commodity sub-Indices ended the week higher.
The commodity group sub-Index values and their weekly changes are: Cereals: 116.12 (+0.35 per cent), Pulses: 108.70 (+1.42 per cent), Potato & Onion: 86.24 (+7.85 per cent), Edible Oils: 110.02 (+0.08 per cent), Oilseeds: 98.22 (-1.17 per cent), Spices: 113.37 (-1.43 per cent), Sweeteners: 105.38 (+0.37 per cent), Fibres: 109.03 (+3.59 per cent) and Other Non-Food Articles: 89.80 (-0.36 per cent).
Monday, 15 October 2018