Tin ingot continued its upward march and gathered another Rs 20 a kg in the wholesale non-ferrous metal market on Thursday largely in line with firming trend at London Metal Exchange.

However, zinc, nickel softened for want of support. Traders said overnight gains at London Metal Exchange (LME) where tin prices flared up by a whopping $1125 at $23,600 per tonne led to a rise in its prices in the wholesale market here. At wholesale ma rket tin ingot shot up by Rs 20 at Rs 1070 a kg.

On the other side, zinc ingot (Hindustan) shed a rupee at Rs 118 a kg after its prices fell by $32 a tonne at $2238 a tonne at LME. Nickel plate 4x4 was down by Rs 5 at Rs 1355-1445 per kg.

Following were today's quotations per kg (in Rs): Tin ingot 1070, zinc ingot (Hindustan) 118, zinc dross 104.00, nickel plate (4x4) 1355-1445, cadmium plate 475, Rod 420, antimony (china) 275, gun metal scrap 240, bell metal scrap 245, copper wire scrap 348, copper super d rod 360, copper wire bar 355, copper mixed scrap 322, C C rod 352, Utensil scrap 307, Mixed scrap 302, Chadripital 234, brass sheet cutting 230, bullet scrap 245, bharat scrap 240, accessories scrap 243, brass boring 222-235, brass ra diator scrap 218 and huny scrap 227.

Lead ingot 103, Lead imported 138-141, Aluminium ingots 117, sheet cutting 112, aluminium wire scrap 107 and Aluminium utensils scrap 102. – PTI