New Delhi, 22 May (NNS): The offtake of turmeric showed improved trend after the downfall in the prices during the previous days. As a result, Here, the prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis went up by Rs 200 to Rs 14600 per quintal. Recently, the prices have gone down in the same ratio. There were around 8000 bags of turmeric reported to arrive in Erode and the prices held stable at the same level. The active contract prices softened by Rs 22 or 0.14 percent to Rs 16176 per quintal owing to the weak speculative buying, due to this, the market sentiments may affect. There is no possibility of long uptrend in the spot turmeric prices during the coming days.