The three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.1% to $8,790.50 a tonne by 0356 GMT, while the
most-traded May copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 0.5% to 68,590 yuan ($9,936.69) a tonne.
Strong business activities in the U.S. and the Euro zone
reinforced bets of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates,
as markets cautiously entered a week packed with economic data
and central bank meetings.
Higher interest rates could lead to a stronger dollar, which
makes greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other
currencies.
Meanwhile, an uneven economic recovery in China also weighed
on demand for metals in the world's biggest metals consumer.
Yangshan copper premium fell to $23 a tonne,
its lowest since March 10.
LME aluminium shed 0.3% to $2,389.50 a tonne, nickel dropped 1.5% to $24,110 a tonne, zinc declined
0.6% to $2,703.50 a tonne, lead decreased 0.7% to $2,145
a tonne and tin lost 0.9% to $26,355 a tonne.
SHFE nickel tumbled 3.4% to 181,600 yuan a tonne,
aluminium declined 0.8% to 18,850 yuan a tonne, zinc dropped 1.7% to 21,615 yuan a tonne, tin decreased 1.7% to 211,820 yuan a tonne and lead fell
0.3% to 15,295 yuan a tonne.
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($1 = 6.9027 yuan)
(Reporting by Mai Nguyen in Hanoi; Editing by Sohini Goswami)
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