Most-traded March copper on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 1.72 percent to 54,220 yuan ($8,600) a tonne on Thursday. China's manufacturing activity may contract again in December, a poll of economists showed ahead of the official purchasing managers index release on Jan. 1, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is finishing 2011 on a weak note amid the global malaise.
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