 "Copper prices down 0.4% on overseas cues, profit-booking")
Amid a weak trend in the global market and profit-booking by speculators, copper prices fell by 0.42% in futures trade today.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in far-month November fell Rs 1.75, or 0.42%, to Rs 414.55 per kg in business turnover of 401 lots.
Analysts attributed the fall in copper futures to weak global cues as a private gauge of China's manufacturing missed estimates, curbing demand prospects from the world's biggest user of the metals.
Globally, copper for delivery in three months retreated as much as 0.80%, to USD 6,666 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, while the metal for delivery in December on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 0.90% to 47,470 yuan ($7,737) a tonne.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in far-month November fell Rs 1.75, or 0.42%, to Rs 414.55 per kg in business turnover of 401 lots.
Analysts attributed the fall in copper futures to weak global cues as a private gauge of China's manufacturing missed estimates, curbing demand prospects from the world's biggest user of the metals.
Globally, copper for delivery in three months retreated as much as 0.80%, to USD 6,666 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, while the metal for delivery in December on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 0.90% to 47,470 yuan ($7,737) a tonne.