 "Lead up by 0.8% on spot demand")
Lead futures prices today rose by 0.81% to Rs 130.35 on rising demand at domestic markets even as metal weakened overseas.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, lead for delivery in August traded Rs 1.05, or 0.81% higher at Rs 130.35 per kg, with a turnover of 710 lots.
The metal for delivery in far-month November also rose by Re one, or 0.77%, to trade at Rs 130.75 per kg, in a business turnover of 66 lots.
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Marketmen said strong domestic demand from battery-makers mainly attributed rise in lead futures but metal's weakness at the London Metal Exchange (LME) capped the gains.
Meanwhile, at the LME, lead slid 0.3% to $2,105 a tonne at the London Metal Exchange.
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