Copper and aluminium prices dropped at the non-ferrous metal market here today on heavy stockists selling amidst subdued demand from industrial users, despite a recovery at the global level.

Elsewhere, brass and zinc also eased following lower offtake from consumer industries.

At the London Metal Exchange (LME), the industrial metal copper climbed from its 4-1/2-year lows yesterday as oil steadied, but analysts said that any calm could prove short-lived as Chinese buyers waited for lower prices.