Three-month nickel dropped to US$13,864 a tonne from US$14,525, while three-month zinc declined to US$1,905.25 a tonne from US$1,971.
COCOA: Cocoa futures edged higher as traders paused for breath, one week after striking multi-month peaks on worries over output from top producer Ivory Coast.
By Friday on LIFFE, London’s futures exchange, cocoa for delivery in December rose to £1,639 a tonne from £1,628 a week earlier.
On New York’s NYBOT-ICE exchange, cocoa for December firmed to US$2,468 a tonne compared with US$2,461 a week earlier.