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LONDON.- Copper closed with its fourth straight gain today at the London Metal Exchange (LME) after trading for $ 3.22958 U.S. dollars per pound of "grade A", compared to $ 3.21688 on Thursday and $ 3.17537 U.S. dollars on Wednesday.
As a result, the monthly and yearly average climbed to $ 3.19891 U.S. dollars.
The future-3-month price ended at $ 3.23230 U.S. dollars per pound, up 0.79% from Thursday ($ 3.20690 U.S. dollars).
At the LME, stocks decreased by 1,525 metric tons to 172,775. So far this year, an overall drop of 24,675 MT (-12.50%) has been accumulated.