Copper fall 0.7% on weak overseas cues

Participants reduced positions amid a weak global trend

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 02 2014 | 11:15 AM IST
Copper prices fell 0.67% to Rs 400.85 per kg in futures trade today as participants reduced positions amid a weak global trend.

Copper for delivery in February 2015 was down by Rs 2.70, or 0.67%, to Rs 400.85 per kg at the Multi Commodity Exchange in a business volume of 1,368 lots.

Similarly, the metal for delivery in April next year shed Rs 2.70, or 0.66%, to Rs 404.75 per kg in a business volume of 31 lots.

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Marketmen attributed the fall in copper futures to weak global cues as crude oil retreated and after a gauge of manufacturing strength fell to an eight-month low in China, the largest consumer of metals.

Meanwhile, copper for delivery in three months at the London Metal Exchange fell 0.7% to $6,401.75 a metric tonne.
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First Published: Dec 02 2014 | 11:05 AM IST

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