METALS-Copper hovers near one-year low on trade tensions
July 19, 2018 at 22:17 PM EDT
London copper prices hovered above $6,000 a tonne in early trade on Friday, having touched a one-year low in the previous session on concerns that a trade row between China and the United States will weaken demand for industrial metals. The metal is on course for a 3.4 percent weekly drop in London this week. FUNDAMENTALS * LME COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange slipped 0.8 percent to $6,018 a tonne by 0153 GMT, after hi