Muted demand drags down mentha oil futures by 0.45%

Mentha oil futures were trading lower during morning trade in the domestic market on Friday as investors and speculators remained on the sidelines in the agri-commodity amid slide in physical demand for mentha oil from major consuming industries in the domestic spot market. 

Further, trimming of positions by traders in the spot market was due to fall in physical demand for mentha oil from consuming industries at the domestic spot market against sufficient stocks position on higher supplies from producing regions, influenced mentha oil prices at futures trade.

At the MCX, mentha oil futures for January 2017 contract is trading at Rs 1038 per kg, down by 0.45 per cent, after opening at Rs 1042, against the previous closing price of Rs 1042.70. It touched the intra-day low of Rs 1037.40.

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