New Delhi, 17 November (NNS): The prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis declined by Rs 500 to Rs 14600 per quintal owing to the strong buying from the stockists even after the higher prices. In the weekend, the prices have gone up by Rs 200 to Rs 14800 per quintal. There were around 1700 bags of turmeric reported to arrive and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The active contract prices improved by Rs 20 or 20 percent to Rs 14320 per quintal because of the nominal speculative selling. There is no possibility of long uptrend in the spot turmeric prices during the coming days.