Through Singapore, November 24th - The futures price of copper rose on Thursday, away from the one-month low touched earlier, but the global economic downturn has limited the upward trend, and prices have fallen for the fourth consecutive week this week.

At 0703GMT, the three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 1.1% to US$7,321 per ton, before falling to US$7,100.25 once, the lowest since October 21st.