Copper recovered by Rs 2 per kg in the wholesale local non-ferrous metals market today on better trend at the London Metal Exchange.
Traders said firming trend at the London Metal Exchange and pick up in demand from the consuming industries helped copper prices to recover. Meanwhile, copper rose 0.3 per cent to $6,118 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange.
In the national capital, copper wire scrap, copper wire bar and copper mixed scrap recovered by Rs 2 each to Rs 357, Rs 376 and Rs 336 per kg, respectively.
Following were today's quotations in Rs per kg:
Tin ingot 795, zinc ingot 122.00, nickel plate (4x4) 885- 999, gun metal scrap 226 bell metal scrap 228, copper wire scrap 357, copper wire bar 376, copper mixed scrap 336.00, Utensil scrap 224, Chadripital 175
Lead ingot 120, lead imported 123, aluminium ingots 102, sheet cutting 103, aluminium wire scrap 100 and aluminium utensils scrap 100