Copper slips as firm dollar outweighs thin inventories – Markets

BEIJING: Copper prices slid on Wednesday, weighed down by a firm U.S. dollar and soft demand in top consumer China, while low inventories lent some support to the metal.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 0.2% at $8,526 per metric ton by 0410 GMT, while the most-traded February copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) slid 0.3% to 68,600 yuan…