METALS-Copper rises as US tariff deadline keeps supply risks in focus

Recasts lead to reflect copper's rise; updates prices by Asian market

- Copper rose on Tuesday as the U.S. weighed imposing fresh tariffs on the metal and data from China showed that factory activity expanded in June, while a firm dollar capped gains.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange rose 1.04% to $13,416 a metric ton by the end of Shanghai trading.

The most-traded copper contract SCFcv1 on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed daytime trading up 0.65% at 103,290 yuan ($15,216.33) a ton.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is expected to update the president on Tuesday on the refined copper market and domestic refining capacity following a review.

The red metal had so far received some support as concerns over further tariffs had encouraged shipments to the U.S. and tightened availability elsewhere.

Comex copper stocks HG-STX-COMEX have been rising since April, after a temporary decline in March. They have risen 3.73% so far in June. They peaked at 664,030 short tons (602,397.88 tons) on Monday.

The dollar, meanwhile, was on track to log the biggest monthly gain in nearly a year, as the market saw a "higher for longer" interest rate scenario to contain inflationary pressure.

A stronger dollar makes greenback-priced metals more expensive for buyers using other currencies.

In China, the official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to 50.3 in June from 50.0 in May, returning to expansion and beating a Reuters poll forecast of 50.1. A value above 50 is considered a signal of expansion.

The data did little to shift copper decisively higher, as investors remained cautious about China’s uneven recovery, with the property sector still weak.

Broader risk appetite was also capped by uncertainty over U.S.-Iran diplomacy, with the countries' teams expected in Doha this week.

Among other base metals on the LME, aluminium CMAL3 gained 0.83%, zinc CMZN3 added 0.98%, lead CMPB3 dipped 0.21%, nickel CMNI3 rose 2.05% and tin CMSN3 surged 1.39%.

Elsewhere on SHFE, aluminium SAFcv1 slid 1.98%, zinc SZNcv1 rose 0.37%, lead SPBcv1 declined 1.20%, nickel SNIcv1 lost 1.53% and tin SSNcv1 climbed 1.94%.

($1 = 6.7881 Chinese yuan renminbi)