Stable bleaching powder prices up on firm demand

Fall in supplies from producing regions also supported the uptrend.

Stable beaching powder rose by Rs 10 to settle at Rs 410-435 per 25 kg.

Traders said fresh demand from consuming units such as textile and tanneries amid fall in supplies from producing belts mainly pushed up stable bleaching powder prices.

The following are today's quotations: Ammonium chloride (50 kg) Rs 1,000-2,200, Acetic acid (1 kg) Rs 44-52, Ammonia bicarb (25 kg) Rs 400-675, Boric acid

technical (50 kg) Rs 5,200-6,000, Borex granular (50 kg) Rs 2,400-2,800.

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) Rs 1,950--2,100, Citric acid (50 kg) (China) Rs 3,000-3,200, Citric acid deshi (50 kg) Rs 3,000-3,300, Camphor slab (1 kg) Rs 370, Camphor powder (1kg) Rs 320, Glycerine (1 kg) Rs 150-320, Hexamine (1kg) Rs