Metals prices rise

Copper spent some time during the day Thursday back above the $8,000 level and were up $125 to $7,955 per tonne in late afternoon trade on the London Metal Exchange. Trade volumes were light. In other base metals, nickel added $100 to $22,100 per tonne, while aluminium gained $30 to $2,770 per tonne. Zinc was up $55 to $3,520 per tonne.

Gold was $10 higher than its late quote in New York on Wednesday to trade at $649.30/$649.80.