Copper tops $8,000/t, leading overall base metals surge

26.01.2021

Copper prices rose on Monday, as a weaker dollar made greenback-priced metals more appealing to holders of other currencies and as investors hoped for further U.S. stimulus.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.1% to $8,007 a tonne by 0703 GMT, while the most-traded March copper contract on the...