Lead up 0.2% on overseas cues

Metal for delivery in August also rose by 0.18%

Lead futures traded marginally up by 0.22% at Rs 136.20 per kg today as speculators enlarged positions amid a firming trend overseas and pick-up in domestic demand.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, lead for delivery in September traded higher by 30 paise, or 0.22%, at Rs 136.20 per kg, with a turnover of three lots.

The metal for delivery in August also rose by 25 paise, or 0.18%, to trade at Rs 135.60 per kg in a turnover of 130 lots.

Marketmen said besides rising demand from battery-makers, a firming trend in base metals at the London Metal Exchange after a jump in home building fuelled speculation that demand will accelerate in the US, the world's second-biggest consumer of industrial metals, influenced lead prices at futures trade here.