SINGAPORE, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Copper prices in Shanghai rose for a second session on Friday, underpinned by expectations of global economic recovery and higher demand in top consumer China.
FUNDAMENTALS
* The most traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange added 0.2% to 58,320 yuan ($8,934) a tonne as of 0202 GMT. The benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed to its highest since 2013 at $8,028 a tonne last week.
* Metals have rallied this year, supported by Chinese demand, government stimulus to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a wave of speculative buying.
* Britain hammered out the final details of a narrow agreement with the EU just seven days before it exits the trading bloc, boosting market sentiment.
* China’s copper smelter group on Thursday lowered its floor treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) by 8.6% quarter-on-quarter for the first quarter of 2021, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
* Australia-based miner MMG Ltd said on Thursday that transport had been temporarily disrupted due to roadblocks by residents near its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, forcing it to declare force majeure on some supply contracts.
* The premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers for January to March was set at $130 a tonne, up 48% from this quarter, as demand recovered from the pandemic-induced slump, six sources directly involved in pricing talks said.
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MARKETS NEWS
* The British pound rose on Thursday as Britain and the European Union clinched a free trade deal, while a global gauge of stocks edged upward amid investor optimism toward economic growth.
PRICES
Three month LME copper
Most active ShFE copper
Three month LME aluminium
Most active ShFE aluminium
Three month LME zinc
Most active ShFE zinc
Three month LME lead
Most active ShFE lead
Three month LME nickel
Most active ShFE nickel
Three month LME tin
Most active ShFE tin
ARBS ($1 = 6.5281 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Naveen Thukral; Editing by William Mallard)
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