Related Keywords: brokers did not turn up, cotton bales, cotton trading activity, kept proceedings listless, owing to fear, remained dreary, sit-in by a religious organisation, spot rates stood unchanged, thin attendance in the trading ring, unrest in the city
Cotton trading activity remained dreary due to unrest in the city because of a sit-in by a religious organisation, owing to fear the brokers also did not turn up. There was thin attendance in the trading ring which kept proceedings listless.
The spot rates stood unchanged at the previous levels of Rs6,600/maund (37.324kg) and Rs7,073/40kg. Ex-Karachi rates also remained firm at Rs6,745/maund and Rs7,228/40kg after an addition of Rs145 and Rs155 as upcountry expenses, respectively.
