Gold prices go up, food, fuel stay stable in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Russian and Arabic gold increased, but that of food items and fuel stayed stable during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Food items

Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram Kazakh flour sack remained unchanged at 1,350afs.

The rate of a 16-litre cooking oil bottle stayed unchanged at 1,750 and a 49-kilogram sack of Indian sugar at 2,450fas.

A 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice stayed stable at 2,600afs, a kilogram of African black tea at 400afs and the same amount of Indonesian green tea at 350afs.

Hamid Sufizada, a retailer at Dahna-i-Bagh Market, put the retail price of a 49-kilogram bag of Kazakh flour at 1,400afs, a 24-kg bag of Pakistani rice at 2,650afs and a 49-kg sack of Indian sugar at 2,500afs.

A 16-litre bottle of cooking oil accounted for 1,800afs, one kilogram of black tea for 400afs and the same quantity of green tea for 450afs, he added.

Fuel prices

A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok the price of one litre of petrol stayed unchanged at 61afs and the rate of diesel at 59afs.

Mohammad Sharif, a liquefied gas seller in Koloa Pushta neighborhood, sold a kilogram of the commodity for 54afs.

Gold prices up

Mohammad Fawad, a jeweller in Timor Shahi area, said the price of one gram of Arabian gold went up from 4,900afs to 5,100afs and the same amount of the Russian variety from 3,900afs to 4,100afs.

Haji Hussain, owner of the Sadaqat Money Exchange Service, said one US dollar was traded at 72.20afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees accounted for 253afs.

Last week, one US dollar accounted for 70.50afs and 1,000 Pakistani rupees for 250afs.

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