US copper futures rally to 3-week high on weak dlr

NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. copper futures surged to
a three-week high Monday morning, with a weaker dollar,
supply-side concerns, and an improved global economic outlook
combining to drive prices up close to their yearly highs.

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* Copper for December delivery HGZ9 jumped 8.90 cents, or
3 percent, to $3.0615 a lb by 9:55 a.m. EST (1455 GMT) on the
New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division.

* Range from $2.9725 to $3.0625, highest since Oct. 26.

* Copper emerging from prolonged sideways pattern. A
breakout above yearly high at $3.0690 to push prices into the
$3.18 area - Sterling Smith, an analyst for Country Hedging in
St. Paul, Minnesota.

* COMEX estimated futures volume at 17,529 lots by 9 a.m.

* Copper up on the weaker dollar, despite slowdown in New
York state manufacturing activity - Smith. [USD/]
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* Copper buoyed by faster-than-expected pace of U.S. retail
sales in October and unexpected jump in Japanese economic
growth in the third quarter. [ID:nN16507114] [ID:nT339912]

* Heavy snow in northern China and a big rise in annual
copper premiums for China, the world's largest metals consumer,
provided additional boost to copper prices. [ID:nPEK129447]

* Chile's Codelco, the world's top copper producer, has
raised term premiums for refined copper to China by $10 per
tonne to $85 per tonne for delivery in 2010. [ID:nPEK158133]

* London Metal Exchange warehouse stocks rose by 2,825
tonnes to 406,450 tonnes, their highest since late April.
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* COMEX copper warehouses took in 1,321 short tons to total
70,675 short tons as of Friday. CMWSU

* Money managers were net long on 9,117 contracts of copper
futures for the week ended Nov. 9 - data from the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission. [ID:nN13482625]

* LME three-month copper MCU3 at $6,743 a tonne, up $223
from Friday's close.
(Reporting by Chris Kelly; Editing by Walter Bagley)