In limited deals, copper prices shed Rs 2 per kg in the local non-ferrous metal market today on sustained selling by stockists, influenced by a weakening trend at the London Metal Exchange.
Marketmen said sustained selling by stockists amid a weakening trend at the London Metal Exchange led to a fall in copper prices.
Meanwhile, copper for three-month delivery traded down 0.1 per cent at $6,440 a metric tonne on the London Metal Exchange.
Copper wire scrap, copper wire bar and copper mixed scrap remained weak and prices slipped further Rs 2 each to Rs 356, Rs 375 and Rs 335 per kg, respectively.
Following were today's quotations in Rs per kg:
Tin ingot 795, zinc ingot 120.00, nickel plate (4x4) 874-988, gun metal scrap 226 bell metal scrap 228, copper wire scrap 356, copper wire bar 375, copper mixed scrap 335.00, Utensil scrap 224, Chadripital 175
Lead ingot 117, lead imported 120, aluminium ingots 102, sheet cutting 103, aluminium wire scrap 100 and aluminium utensils scrap 100
