The industrial metals were trading little changed at the LME though set to log its first weekly gain in four, after China's trade data and a US jobs report later expected to underline reviving growth in the world's top two economies.
Copper cable scrap and Copper wire bar inched-up by a rupee per kg to Rs 493 and Rs 521 from Thursday's closing level of Rs 492 and Rs 520.
However, zinc softened by a rupee per kg to Rs 147.