At the Multi Commodity Exchange platform, copper for delivery in November declined by Rs 5.65, or 1.57 per cent, to Rs 353.10 per kg, and clocked a turnover of 9,329 lots. It ended 0.40 per cent higher at Rs 358.75 per kg in the previous session.
Likewise, the metal for delivery in February contract also shed Rs 5.55, or 1.54 per cent, to Rs 355.30 per kg, with a turnover of 580 lots.
Besides, profit-booking by speculators at higher levels, weak trend in prices at the London Metal Exchange (LME) was also responsible for the fall in copper futures here, analysts said.
Meanwhile, three-month copper fell by 2 per cent at $7,520 per tonne at the LME.
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Copper fell by Rs 5.65, or 1.57 per cent, to Rs 353.10 per kg in futures trade today, as speculators locked in profits after yesterday's gains.
