Copper prices fell by Rs 5 per kg in the local non-ferrous metal market today on emergence of stockists selling influenced by a weakening global trend.
Weakness in select base metals in overseas market also put pressure on the copper prices.
In the national capital, copper wire scrap, copper wire bar and copper mixed scrap were down by Rs 5 each to Rs 517, Rs 540 and Rs 501 per kg, respectively.
Following were today's quotations per kg:
Tin ingot 860, zinc ingot 136.50, nickel plate (4x4) 1,080-1,082, gun metal scrap 226 bell metal scrap 228, copper wire scrap 517, copper wire bar 540, copper mixed scrap 501, Utensil scrap 224, Chadripital 175
Lead ingot 143, lead imported 145, aluminium ingots 109, sheet cutting 110, aluminium wire scrap 110 and aluminium utensils scrap 107
