Nickel futures up on rising demand 23/10/2017

Nickel futures up on rising demand
23/10/2017 13:00
Nickel futures were trading higher during the afternoon trade in the domestic market on Monday as participants widened their bets, driven by pick-up in demand in the spot market. Analysts attributed rise in nickel futures to building-up of positions by traders due to pick up in demand from alloy- makers in the spot market. At the MCX, nickel futures for October 2017 contract is trading at Rs 763.70 per kg, up by 0.34 per cent, after opening at Rs 762.20, against a previous close of Rs 761.10. It touched the intra-day high of Rs 767.60(at 13:02 hours).