Copper prices recovered by Rs 2 per kg on the local non-ferrous metal market today, largely on a firm trend at the London Metal Exchange (LME).
Marketmen said fresh demand from consuming industries also helped in the recovery in copper prices.
Meanwhile,copper for three-month delivery rose 1.6 per cent at the LME.
In the national capital, copper wire scrap, copper wire bar and copper mixed scrap were recovered by Rs 2 each to Rs 444, Rs 468 and Rs 429 per kg, respectively.
Following were today's quotations in Rs per kg:
Tin ingot 815, zinc ingot 131.50, nickel plate (4x4) 1,000-1,002, gun metal scrap 226 bell metal scrap 228, copper wire scrap 444, copper wire bar 468, copper mixed scrap 429, Utensil scrap 224, Chadripital 175
Lead ingot 135, lead imported 137, aluminium ingots 102, sheet cutting 105, aluminium wire scrap 102 and aluminium utensils scrap 102