Spices rule steady in listless trade

Mumbai, Aug 18 (PTI) Prices maintained a steady trend inan otherwise listless spices market here today due to absenceof any large-scale activity from stockists amid ample stockpositions. While, Copra rajapur Mumbai and Copra edible Mumbai closedtoday on account of "Raksha Bandhan". Following are today’s closing rates (in Rs with previousrates in brackets): Black pepper (per kg) 735/805 (735/805), ginger bleached(per kg) 150 (150), ginger unbleached (per kg) 170 (170),copra office Alapuzha (per quintal) 6,400 (6,400), copraoffice Kozhikode (per quintal) 6,300 (6,300), copra RajapurMumbai (per quintal) closed (9,600), copra edible Mumbai (perquintal) closed. (7,400). PTI BPDABI