Meanwhile, select copper, brass and lead prices edged down following lower offtake from consuming industries.
In global markets, copper prices ended 2014 with a loss of 14 per cent, their biggest annual decline in three years, on concerns that a supply surplus will hit the market next year just as Chinese economic growth shifts down another gear.
Losses in copper, the most widely followed metal, were matched by tin and exceeded only by lead - a market that was in surplus in the year to September - while nickel was the best-performing metal thanks to Indonesia's ore export ban.
Nickel fell by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 1,115 from Rs 1,120.
Brass sheet cutting moved down by Rs 2 per kg to Rs 335 as against Rs 337.
Copper scrap heavy, copper utensils scrap and lead softened by a Re per kg each to Rs 460, Rs 424 and Rs 131, respectively.