London copper gains on softer dollar, but heads for weekly fall
Nov 1 (Reuters) -London copper edged up on Friday as a softer U.S. dollar made greenback-priced metals cheaper to holders of other currencies, but was set for a weekly decline amid caution ahead of the U.S. presidential election and a key policy meeting in China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) CMCU3 rose 1% to $9,596 per metric ton by 0403 GMT, while the most-traded December copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) SCFcv1 rose 0.2% to 76,610 yuan ($10,751.83) a ton.
LME copper is set for a fifth straight week of decline, down 0.1% so far this week.
The dollar index was headed for its first weekly loss in five weeks and steadied on Friday, as investors awaited the U.S. jobs report ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting and a close-call U.S. presidential election next week.
The outcome of the Nov. 5 election will decide how the policies in the world's biggest economy will shape in the next four years.
The Chinese legislative body will meet between Nov. 4 and Nov. 8 and market participants are hoping for stimulus measures that could boost physical metals demand.
The premium to import copper into China has been stable at $48 a ton, down from $69 last month, indicating softer demand.
LME aluminium CMAL3 rose 1% to $2,642.50 a ton, nickel CMNI3 increased 0.4% to $15,775, zinc CMZN3 advanced 0.9% to $3,057, lead CMPB3 climbed 1.1% to $2,041.50 and tin CMSN3 gained 0.8% at $31,470.
SHFE aluminium SAFcv1 edged up 0.5% at 20,845 yuan a ton, tin SSNcv1 added 1.3% to 257,550 yuan, lead SPBcv1 edged up 0.6% at 16,790 yuan, nickel SNIcv1 rose 0.3% to 124,140 yuan, while zinc SZNcv1 fell 0.4% to 25,030 yuan.
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Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; Editing by Sumana Nandy
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