Guar Update

07-Aug-13

Market News
Spot price of guar seed at Jodhpur is Rs. 5050/qntl and guar gum is Rs. 13979/qntl. The guar seed October and November contract are again expected to come in contango.

Guar seed Futures Price Movement

Previous Close 4374 4257 4300 Opening Price 4243 4172 4280 Closing Price 4222 4092 4130 % change over previous close -3.48% -3.88% -3.95% Volume (MT) 10 2036 2440 4486 Open Interest (MT) 180 2236 3264 5680 Volume (Rs. Lakh) 4.22 840.41 1018.20 1862.83

Expiry Date Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Total

High Price Low Price 4243 4180 4280 4200 4087 4128

Guar gum
Futures Price Movement
Previous Close 12073 12132 12297 Opening Price 11900 11895 0 Closing Price 11629 11799 11900 % change over previous close -3.68% -2.74% -3.23% Volume (MT) 58 12 0 70 Open Interest (MT) 271 159 30 460 Volume (Rs. Lakh) 67.63 14.16 0.00 81.79

Expiry Date Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Total

High Price 11900 11895 0

Low Price 11600 11647 0

Spread Guar seed

Date 31-Jul-13 1-Aug-13 2-Aug-13 3-Aug-13 5-Aug-13 6-Aug-13 Nov - Oct -55 -50 -80 -50 -43 -38 Dec - Nov 51 62 44 51 117 130

Guar gum
Date 31-Jul-13 1-Aug-13 2-Aug-13 3-Aug-13 5-Aug-13 6-Aug-13 Nov - Oct -184 -160 -307 -148 59 170 Dec - Nov -19 183 83 98 165 101

Volume and OI comparison

Commodity Guar seed Guar gum OI (MT) Volume (crores) OI (MT) Volume (crores)

6-Aug-13
MCX 5680 18.63 460 0.82 NCDEX 21233 40.52 3956 13.50

5-Aug-13
MCX 5613 36.77 451 3.59 NCDEX 20097 51.42 3723 20.61

3-Aug-13
MCX 5630 36.67 439 3.06 NCDEX 19107 62.17 3756 27.08

2-Aug-13
MCX 5749 34.89 445 4.99 NCDEX 18345 36.99 3438 15.57

Stock position as on Aug 05, 2013

Commodity Guar seed Guar gum Dematted Stock (MT) Dematted Stock (MT) MCX 58.358 9.965 NCDEX 172 0 ACE 0 0

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