While, tin, nickel and lead weakened on sustained selling by stockists following poor demand from alloy industries.
On the global front, the industrial metal copper fell in early trade at the LME, but was set for its third straight weekly climb, buoyed as severe flooding affected mines in key producer Chile and as seasonal demand from top consumer China slowly improved.
Copper utensils scrap, tin and nickel dropped by Rs 5 per kg each to Rs 410, Rs 1,345 and Rs 1,025 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 415, Rs 1,350 and Rs 1,030 and copper scrap heavy fell by Rs 4 per kg to Rs 438 from Rs 442.
Lead edged down by Rs 2 per kg to Rs 132 as against Rs 134 yesterday.