Marketmen said increased domestic demand and a firming global trend where base metals gained with optimism that demand will recover in China after the government signaled increased support for the economy through higher spending and new measures to boost bank lending, helped aluminium futures to trade higher.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery this month inched up by 55 paise or 0.52 per cent to Rs 105.80 per kg in a business turnover of 116 lots.