NEW DELHI: Copper strengthened by Rs 2 per kg on the local non-ferrous metal market today on sustained stockists buying in tandem with a firming global trend.
Traders said sustained buying by stockists in tandem with a firmin global trend mainly helped copper prices to strengthen.
Meanwhile, copper rose 0.1 per cent to 7,771 dollar a metric tonne on the London Metal Exchange.
In the national capital, copper mixed scrap advanced by Rs 2 to Rs 443 per kg.
The following are metal rates per kg: Zinc ingot 119-125, nickel plate (4x4) 1,065-1,068, gun metal scrap 227, bell metal scrap 229, copper mixed scrap 443, chadri deshi 285.
Lead ingot 145, lead imported 143, aluminium ingots 140, sheet cutting 141, aluminium wire scrap 144 and aluminium utensils scrap 140.
