Elsewhere, tin, zinc, copper and brass also gained owing to sustained demand from industrial users.
The industrial metals were trading higher at the LME, hovered near one-week highs hit the day before as tensions in Ukraine appeared to ease a touch, with investor focus shifting to major economic events this week in China and the US.
Nickel surged by Rs 10 per kg to Rs 1,020 from Tuesday's closing level of Rs 1,010.
Tin climbed by Rs 5 per kg to Rs 1,585 from Rs 1,580.
Copper cable scrap, copper scrap heavy, copper armature, copper wire bar, brass utensils scrap and brass sheet cutting inched-up by Re 1 per kg each to Rs 511, Rs 505, Rs 495, Rs 539, Rs 358 and Rs 368, respectively.
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