The base metals complex traded higher on the LME in yesterday’s trading session mainly taking cues from favorable manufacturing data from China, the world’s largest metal consumer and a weaker dollar which made dollar denominated commodities look cheaper for the holders of the other currencies.
Additionally, upbeat sentiments in the global markets also acted as a positive factor for the metal prices on Monday.
Copper
Copper was the top performer on Monday, as the metal surged by more than 7 percent on the LME and by 6.4 percent on the MCX. The red metal inventories declined almost 1 percent to 444,275 tonnes on the LME warehouse yesterday which provided support for prices.
Copper touched an intra-day high of $7671/tonne and closed its trading session at $7657.3/tonne on Monday. On the MCX, Copper November contract hit an intra-day high of Rs.382.30/kg and ended at the level of Rs.381.10/kg yesterday.