NEW DELHI, June 26 (Reuters) -Copper futures eased on Wednesday, as a stronger dollar and weak demand outlook in top consumer China weighed on the market.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 was down 0.4% at $9,533 per metric ton as of 0220 GMT.

The dollar was firm on Wednesday and trading on the precipice of the 160-yen barrier as investors turned cautious and counted down to the release of U.S. price data at the end of the week. USD/

A firmer dollar makes greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies.

The most-traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange SCFcv1 was down 1.5% at 77,630 yuan ($10,684.60) a ton.

"The red metal has been under pressure in recent days following weak economic data," ANZ Research said in a note.

"The global outlook for manufacturing remains poor after flash PMIs in Europe and the US. This has been compounded by rising inventories for metals such as aluminium, copper and nickel."

LME aluminium CMAL3 was 0.2% lower at $2,490 a ton, nickel CMNI3 edged up 0.3% to $17,210, zinc CMZN3 slipped 0.1% to $2,868, lead CMPB3 eased 0.1% to $2,207, and tin CMSN3 fell 1.4% at $31,805.

SHFE aluminium SAFcv1 eased 0.8% to 20,195 yuan a ton, nickel SNIcv1 fell 0.5% to 134,220 yuan, lead SPBcv1 was up 1.4% to 19,125 yuan while zinc SZNcv1 was down 0.04% to 23,690 yuan and tin SSNcv1 slumped 3.5% to 263,320 yuan.

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Reporting by Neha Arora; Editing by Janane Venkatraman

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