Copper futures settle down as US dollar strengthens overseas
Copper futures settled down on Monday as the US dollar strengthened overseas amid rising Treasury yields ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting and Powell's Jackson Hole speech. Meanwhile investors are also focused on a key meeting between the US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Copper futures for September delivery lost $0.0215 to settle at $4.4710 a pound on the Comex metals division of New York Mercantile Exchange. Copper on the London Metal Exchange was down by 0.41 percent at $9,733 a ton.
