Copper Advances to Six-Week High on Outlook for Global Stimulus

Copper futures rose to the highest in almost six weeks on speculation that central banks will maintain policies aimed at boosting economic growth.

The ruling coalition of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose strategy includes monetary stimulus, solidified control of parliament in elections, sending Japanese equities higher. Global finance chiefs in the Group of 20 nations sought to buttress the global economic recovery with pledges to avoid roiling markets as China moved to scrap a lending rule that constrained its banks.