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Taking positive cues from global markets and better domestic demand, zinc futures today edged up by 0.25% to Rs 139.30 per kg as speculators enlarged positions.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, zinc for delivery in April moved up by 35 paise, or 0.25%, to Rs 139.30 per kg, with a business turnover of 697 lots.
The metal for delivery in May also rose by a similar margin to Rs 140 per kg in a business volume of 56 lots.
Marketmen said improved demand in the spot market amid a firming trend in select base metals overseas ahead of housing data from the US and a gauge of manufacturing strength in China, the two largest consumers of industrial metals, mainly influenced zinc prices at futures trade here.
