Copper prices fell on Monday, weighed down by a stronger dollar on expectation that the US Federal Reserve will start trimming its stimulus from next month.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.3% to $9,329 a tonne by 0121 GMT, while the most-traded November copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange eased 0.1% to 69,180 yuan ($10,736.40) a tonne.
The dollar ticked up, making greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies, after a soft US payrolls figure did little to alter market expectations that the Fed will start tapering its massive bond-buying in November.
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LME aluminium rose 0.4% to $2,978.50 a tonne, nickel advanced 0.8% to $19,380 a tonne, and tin increased 0.8% to $36,450 a tonne.
ShFE aluminium was up 1.3% at 23,220 yuan a tonne, nickel climbed 2.6% to 145,930 yuan a tonne, zinc increased 1.8% to 23,275 yuan a tonne and tin jumped 2.6% to 285,420 yuan a tonne.
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