Copper bounces on bargain hunting and risk appetite
Adds analyst comment, updates prices and changes dateline to London
By Eric Onstad
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) -Copper prices rebounded on Monday from two sessions of losses, buoyed by bargain hunting and increased risk appetite after the choice of fund manager Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary.
Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 1% at $9,054 a metric ton by 1100 GMT.
"There's the odd bit of bargain hunting going on. Some of these metals are looking quite cheap compared to a month ago," said Dan Smith, head of research at Amalgamated Metal Trading (AMT).
LME copper has shed 11% since touching a four-month peak on Sept. 30 as speculators liquidated bullish positions on disappointment over the pace of stimulus in top metals consumer China and worries that incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on China.
In wider financial markets, global stocks rose and bond markets welcomed Trump's selection of Bessent. MKTS/GLOB
"It does seem to be a pro-risk rally today. The Treasury pick has reassured some people," Smith said.
He added that AMT's model for copper, which seeks to replicate algorithmic trading patterns used by computer-driven funds, is likely to flip to bullish from bearish today if copper closes above the $9,000 area.
The most traded January copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) SCFcv1 closed 0.3% up at 74,160 yuan ($10,237.16) a ton.
"While Trump's import tariffs will be a headwind for demand prospects in the medium and long term, faster inventories drawdown in China and improving spot premium will be supportive in the weeks ahead," said ANZ analyst Soni Kumari.
Copper inventories in SHFE warehouses have begun to erode during China's peak consumption season, which spans November and December.
In other metals, LME aluminium CMAL3 was up 0.9% at $2,648 a ton, nickel CMNI3 added 0.4% to $16,030, zinc CMZN3 climbed 1.3% to $3,004 and lead CMPB3 gained 0.6% to $2,034.50 while tin CMSN3 rose 0.6% to $29,095.
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($1 = 7.2442 yuan)
Reporting by Eric Onstad
Additional reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi
Editing by David Goodman
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