Steady conditions developed in the base metal prices in the wholesale market today, as prices moved in a limited range on alternate small bouts of trading and held unchanged.
Marketmen said the prices remained unchanged, as demand from construction units and wire manufacturers declined in the face of tight stocks positions.
Following were today's quotations in Rs per kg:
Tin ingot 815, zinc ingot 125.50, nickel plate (4x4) 985-987, gun metal scrap 226 bell metal scrap 228, copper wire scrap 431, copper wire bar 450, copper mixed scrap 411, Utensil scrap 224, Chadripital 175
Lead ingot 127, lead imported 129, aluminium ingots 102, sheet cutting 105, aluminium wire scrap 102 and aluminium utensils scrap 102