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March 15 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Monday to the
highest levels in almost two weeks, building on last week's
gains as top metals consumer China released upbeat economic
activity data and as concerns over global supply resurfaced.
China's industrial output grew 35.1% in January-February
from a year ago, beating a 30% surge expected in a Reuters poll
and faster than the 7.3% gain in December.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was
up 1.1% at $9,185.50 a tonne, as of 0218 GMT, after earlier
rising to $9,199.50, the strongest since March 3.
The most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures
Exchange climbed 1.5% to 68,070 yuan ($10,472.79) a