Copper prices had fallen to their lowest in six weeks on Tuesday, driven down by Chinese demand weakness, a strong dollar and a sharp rise in inventories in the LME warehouse system. "Copper will be under pressure until demand from China revives," National Australia Bank said in a research note. The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 1.1% to 67,430 yuan ($9,749.43) a tonne. LME aluminium was up 0.7% at $2,352 a tonne, nickel gained 0.2% to $23,375, lead edged up by 0.1% to $2,108, tin rose 0.2% to $25,540 and zinc advanced by 0.7% to $2,618.50. On the Shanghai exchange, aluminium declined 0.5% to 18,710 yuan a tonne, zinc lost 0.9% to 21,260 yuan, lead firmed by 0.2% to 15,315 yuan and tin shed 2.1% to 208,090 while nickel retreated by 1.9% to 179,570 yuan. For the top stories in metals and other news, click or DATA/EVENTS (GMT) 1000 France Unemp Class-A SA March 1230 US Durable Goods March ($1 = 6.9163 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Neha Arora Editing by David Goodman )
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