Industrial metals apart from nickel retreated on profit booking after last week's rally. Moreover, growth concerns in Eurozone and China created heavy selling pressure on the base metals' pack.
Aluminum went lower on rising cautiousness among investors amid uncertainty over Spain's bailout. Over the weekend thousands of people in Spain protested over budget spending cuts.
Copper slid almost one per cent on growth concerns in China as Citigroup Inc lowered its China's growth forecast for this year from 8.00% to 7.6%.
Nickel was the only gainer despite persistent supply glut in the market. Additionally, weak Eurozone's sentiment capped the upswing of the nickel's price.
Zinc tumbled despite supporting China's data as home prices in Chinese cities dropped last week providing a room for policy easing.