METALS-Copper rises as greenback weakens to multi-month lows

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METALS-Copper rises as greenback weakens to multi-month lows


HANOI, June 1 (Reuters)Copper costs rose on Tuesday as a weaker greenback made greenback-priced metals cheaper and extra interesting to holders of different currencies.

Three-month copper on the London Metallic Change CMCU3 rose 0.7% to $10,328 a tonne by 0319 GMT, whereas the most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Change SCFcv1 elevated 0.6% to 74,160 yuan ($11,642.44) a tonne.

The greenback languished close to multi-month lows versus main friends as merchants contemplated the prospects for early coverage normalization by the Federal Reserve forward of a key jobs report on the finish of the week.

FUNDAMENTALS

* LME aluminium CMAL3 rose 0.3% to $2,490.50 a tonne, nickel CMNI3 elevated 0.7% to $18,240 a tonne and zinc CMZN3 superior 0.5% to $3,076.50 a tonne.

* ShFE aluminium SAFcv1 elevated 0.2% to 18,855 yuan a tonne, nickel SNIcv1 was up 0.5% to 132,900 yuan a tonne and lead SPBcv1 superior 0.5% to 15,670 yuan a tonne.

* China’s manufacturing unit exercise development slowed barely in Could as uncooked materials prices grew at their quickest tempo in over a decade, weighing on the output of small and export-oriented corporations.

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TOP/MTL or MET/L MARKETS NEWS

* Asian inventory markets rose whereas gold flirted close to five-month highs forward of European and U.S. information this week that may doubtless supply clues on the well being of the worldwide financial system. MKTS/GLOB DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

0600 UK Nationwide Home Worth MM, YY Could

0750 France Markit Mfg PMI Could

0755 Germany Markit/BME Mfg PMI Could

0755 Germany Unemployment Chng, Fee SA Could

0800 EU Markit Mfg Closing PMI Could

0830 UK Markit/CIPS Mfg PMI Closing Could

0900 EU HICP Flash YY Could

0900 EU HICP-X F&E Flash YY Could

0900 EU Unemployment Fee April

1345 US Markit Mfg PMI Closing Could

1400 US ISM Manufacturing PMI Could

($1 = 6.3698 yuan)

(Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Modifying by Ramakrishnan M.)

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