LONDON: Copper prices rose as stronger manufacturing data from top consumer China and loosening of lockdowns to contain the new coronavirus stoked expectations of healthier demand prospects.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.7% at US$5,415 a tonne at 0853 GMT yesterday.
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