New Delhi, 16 July (NNS): The prices of turmeric erode gatha asitis held firm at Rs 13700 per quintal owing to the sluggish sale at the higher prices. Recently, the prices have gone up by Rs 100/200 per quintal. There were around 3500 bags of turmeric reported to arrive in erode and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day. The active contract prices slipped by Rs 112 or 0.83 percent to Rs 13440 per quintal due to the weak speculative buying. There is no possibility of uptrend in the spot turmeric prices during the previous day.