Copper futures ended higher on Monday despite worries over demand from world’s top metals consumer China. Meanwhile, sustaining energy issues in global markets supported red metal prices’ upside movement.
Copper futures for May delivery gained $0.0270 to settle at $4.7255 a pound on the Comex metals division of New York Mercantile Exchange. Copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.72 percent at $10,341 a ton.