On the Multi Commodity Exchange counter, zinc for delivery in current-month August contracts traded Rs 0.15, or 0.16 per cent, higher at Rs 95.75 per kg with a turnover of 7,729 lots.
The metal for delivery in September inched up by Rs 0.05, or 0.05 per cent at Rs 96.80 per kg in a turnover of 542 lots.
At the London Metal Exchange, zinc declined 0.5 per cent to $2,075 a tonne. Market analysts attributed the marginal rise in zinc futures to better trend at physical markets.