Date:17/04/2007 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/04/17/stories/2007041700421400.htm

Back Over-heated market

K.K. Mustafah

TURNING FLUID: A worker harvesting pepper at a farm near Vandiperiyar in Kerala's Idukki district. The pepper futures market has turned fluid with both bear and bull operators resorting to pressure tactics. Analysts feel the market is over-heated as speculators tend to panic on rumours. On Monday, pepper contracts for current month were up at Rs 15,460 a quintal.