New Delhi, 01 May (NNS): Here, the prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis remained firm at Rs 15200 per quintal because of the sluggish offtake even after the downfall in the prices during the previous days. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 100 per quintal. There were around 5000 bags of turmeric reported to arrive in the Erode and the prices held firm at the previous level. The contract market remained close, but the active turmeric contract prices improved by Rs 06 or 0.04 percent to Rs 16000 per quintal owing to the nominal speculative buying. There is no possibility of uptrend in the prices during the coming days.