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Copper rises as US-China trade tension fears ease
Business World Philippines
|October 15, 2025
Copper prices jumped on Monday as hopes of easing trade tensions between the US and China and stronger Chinese imports of the industrial metal boosted sentiment, while momentum picked up after US markets opened.
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Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 3.1% to $10,843 a metric ton by 1603 GMT after dropping more than 3% on Friday when President Donald J. Trump threatened sharply higher tariffs on Chinese imports.
Comex copper jumped more than 5% to hit a session high of $5.165 a pound (Ib), or $11,387 a ton.
This story is from the October 15, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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