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Copper heads for weekly gain despite dip on China policy fears

Article content LONDON Copper prices edged lower on Friday as strong Chinese inflation data raised fears that the world’s biggest metals consumer will tighten monetary policy, though expected supply tightness kept prices on course for a weekly gain. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.3% at $8,984 a tonne in official trading but is up about 2% for the week and on course for its first weekly rise in a month. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Copper heads for weekly gain despite dip on China policy fears Back to video

METALS-Copper rises as speculative clear-out makes way for further gains

By Reuters Staff (Updates with official prices) LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Copper prices rose on Wednesday as traders hoped a pullback from 10-year highs had run its course and the metal’s spectacular rally would resume. Strong demand from China and expectations of years-long supply shortages encouraged a wave of speculative buying that drove prices to $9,617 on Feb. 25, their highest since 2011. The rally was punctured by fears that a speculative bubble was forming and a spasm of caution on wider markets caused by a spike in U.S. bond yields, but prices have begun to recover from a low of $8,570 last week.

Industry split on inflation threat

Industry split on inflation threat
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