Nickel prices declined sharply at the non-ferrous metal market here today due to stockists selling coupled with lower industrial demand.

Elsewhere, aluminium, brass, copper, zinc and lead also dropped on reduced off-take from consumer industries.

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Nickel tanked by Rs 20 per kilo to Rs 1,095 from Monday's closing level of Rs 1,115 and aluminium ingots fell by Rs 5 per kilo to Rs 117, as against Rs 122 previously.

Brass sheets cutting moved down by Rs 3 per kilo to Rs 261 from Rs 264. Copper armiture eased by Rs 2 per kilo to Rs 358.

Copper utensils scrap, copper sheets cutting, aluminium utensils scrap, zinc and lead, all softened by a rupee per kilo each to Rs 343, Rs 354, Rs 92, Rs 120 and Rs 108, respectively.

However, tin rose by Rs 5 per kilo to Rs 1,115 from Rs 1,110 previously.

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