The industrial metals was trading steady at LME, after last week logging its biggest weekly fall in two months, as a revival in US jobs growth burnished hopes for recovery in the world's top economy and brightened the outlook for demand.
Nickel climbed by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 1,025 from last Saturday's closing level of Rs 1,020.
Copper sheet cutting gained by Rs 4 per kg to Rs 479 from Rs 475.
Copper cable scrap, copper utensils scrap and copper wire bar moved-up by Rs 2 per kg each to Rs 504, Rs 457 and Rs 532 from Rs 502, Rs 455 and Rs 530, respectively.
However, aluminium utensils scrap softened by a Re 1 per kg to Rs 123.