New Delhi, 02 September (NNS): The prices of turmeric Erode gatha asitis dropped down by Rs 100 to Rs 18600 per quintal. During the previous day, the prices have gone down by Rs 300 per quintal. There were around 3000 bags of turmeric reported to arrive and the prices remained stable at the same level. The active contract prices went up by Rs 14 or 0.07 percent to Rs 20004 per quintal because of the nominal speculative buying, due to this, the market sentiments may affect. The spot turmeric prices will likely to remain sluggish during the coming days.