Copper up 2% on import data

Copper up 2% on import data

Reuters /  January 11, 2012, 0:26 IST

Copper rose two per cent on Tuesday, as strong import data from top metals consumer, China, brightened the metals demand outlook. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was at $7,615 a tonne by 1003 GMT, 1.6 per cent up from a close of $7,496 on Monday.