LME ASIAN WRAP: Copper advances on US Optimism

Dec 29, 2011 | 10:05 PM |

London Metal Exchange copper advanced in the early Asian session on Friday, as better-than-expected economic news from the US encouraged market sentiment. By 03:22 GMT, three-month copper was at $7,510 per tonne, up $30 from its open. "Today's market was helped by encouraging data from the US," a Shanghai analyst said, adding that a sharp reduction....





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