Copper edges lower as higher oil, AI doubts weigh

Business Recorder • Oct 30, 2026

SINGAPORE: Copper drifted lower on Friday , and was set to end the week little changed, with higher oil prices threatening to weigh on demand and a technology stock slump dampening risk appetite. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was d...

SINGAPORE: Copper drifted lower on Friday , and was set to end the week little changed, with higher oil prices threatening to weigh on demand and a technology stock slump dampening risk appetite. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.25% at $14,320.50 a metric ton by 0310 GMT. The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 0.6% to 109,050 yuan a ton. Brent crude...