Base metais gain on US economic data

摘要

The base metais pack gained during the week after reports from the US showed manufacturing gathered pace this month, spurring speculation that demand may gain in the second-largest consumer. The industrial metal copper for three-month delivery on the London Metal Exchange (LME) advanced to 9,921 dollars a metric tonne on Friday (Feb 18)- "It's still in a correction mode, but positive economic data can offer some support from time to time," said a trader at Shenzhen Rongtop Trading Co.