Ammonia bicarb also eased by Rs 10 per kg to settle at Rs 265-270 from previous level due to slack demand from bakeries.

The volume of business was moderate.

Following were Friday's quotations in Rs: ammonia bicarb (25 kg) 265-270, ammonium chloride (50 kg) 375-600, acetic acid (1kg) 27.00, boric acid technical (50 kg) 2400-2500 borex granular (50 kg) 1550.

Caustic soda flake (50 kg) (dcm) 700, caustic soda flake (kci) 700, caustic soda flake (gujarat) 700 and caustic soda flake (modi) 715, citric acid (50 kg) (china) 3500, citric acid (50 kg) (bombay dyeing) 4200, citric acid (bharat starch) 3350, camphor slab (1 kg) 115-130 camphor powder (1 kg) 101-115, glycerine (1 kg) 74-77 hexamine (1 kg) 42-43 hydrogen peroxide (1 kg) 19.50, mercury (34.5kg) 9,750 menthol bold crystal (1 kg) 425, menthol flake (1 kg) 400, menthol oil (1 kg) 300.

Oxalic acid (pcpl) (50 kg) 1600-1700 paraffin wax (50 kg) 1400-1750 press wax (p tonne) 26,000 residue wax (p tonne) 11,000 slackes wax (p tonne) 20,000 soda ash (75 kg) (tata) 880 soda ash (75 kg) (dcw) 850 soda ash (75 kg) (gujarat) 850 soda ash (75 kg) (birla) 850 stable bleaching powder (shriram) (25 kg) 405 stable bleaching powder (modi) (25 kg) 380 stable bleaching powder (kci) 380 stable bleacking powder (chambal) 380 sodium sulphate (50 kg) 415-450 sodium bicarbonate (50 kg) 625-635 sodium hydro sulphite (kalali) (1 kg) 69 sodium hydro sulphite (demosha) (1 kg) 68 sodium hydro sulphite (gulshan) (1 kg) 56 sodium hydro sulphite (safolite) (1 kg) 72 sodium hydro sulphite (china) 55 sodium nitrite (50 kg) 1250-1275 nitrate (50 kg) 875-900 sodium silicate (qtl) 700-800 tartaric acid france (1 kg) 460 thymol (1 kg) 275 titanium dioxide (ttk) (1 kg) 93 titanium dioxide (k brand) (1 kg) 88 titanium dioxide (china)(1 kg) 84 titanium dioxide (rc822) (1 kg) 130 zinc oxide (kg) 61-68.