Reuters
Melbourne
London copper held near three-month lows on Tuesday, pressured by a firmer U.S. dollar following comments by Federal Reserve officials that have bolstered expectations of a June rate hike.
The Fed is on track to raise rates in June or July and will continue with even more hikes next year given U.S. economic strength, a top Fed official said on Monday.
A firmer dollar cuts the purchasing power of consumers paying for commodities with other currencies.
"In addition to a less accommodative rate environment that should continue to pressure base metals over the short-term, we also suspect that technicals are turning against the group," Ed Meir of INTL FC Stone said. "As a result, a number of funds that have piled in to metals over the last several weeks may now be looking to change course. "Three-month copper on the LME had edged up 0.1 percent to $4,565 a tonne by 0058 GMT, after posting light losses in the previous session.
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