Besides, profit-booking weighed on the prices.
At Multi Commodity Exchange, lead for delivery in August was trading down 45 paise, or 0.30 per cent, at Rs 148.75 per kg in a business turnover of 443 lots.
The metal for delivery September also fell by 50 paise, or 0.30 per cent, to trade at Rs 149.45 per kg with a business volume of 38 lots.
Marketmen said that apart from muted demand from battery- makers at domestic markets, profit-booking by participants kept pressure on lead futures here.