Cardamom futures were trading lower during the afternoon trade in the domestic market on Friday as speculators booked profits at prevailing levels amid easing demand in the spot market.

Analysts said besides profit booking by participants at existing level, fall in demand against adequate stocks position, mainly led to decline in cardamom prices at futures trade.

At the MCX, cardamom futures for June 2018 contract was trading at Rs 915 per kg, down by 1.75 per cent, after opening at Rs 918.30, against a previous close of Rs 931.30. It touched the intra-day low of Rs 910(at 15:15 hours).