New Delhi, 16 December (NNS): There were around 5000/6000 bags of cumin reported to arrive in the famous commodity and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The prices of cumin remained stable at Rs 22000 per quintal due to the sluggish buying even after the downfall in the prices during the previous days. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 100 per quintal. The active contract prices rose by Rs 205 or 0.99 percent to Rs 20925 per quintal because of the higher speculative buying. The market sentiments may affect owing to the sowing of the new crop. There is a possibility of improvement in the spot cumin prices during the coming days.