Select base metals edge up on listless trade

Select base metals including zinc and select copper edged-up in an otherwise listless non-ferrous metal market here today on stockists buying amidst mild demand from industrial users.

Zinc prices moved up by Rs 2 per kg to Rs 220 from Monday's closing level of Rs 218.

Copper cable scrap, copper armature, copper utensils scrap and copper wire bar inched-up by a Re per kg each to Rs 381, Rs 360, Rs 336 and Rs 409, respectively.