Copper Heads for Biggest Monthly Gain in 11 on Growth Outlook
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Copper was poised for the biggest monthly advance since September as economic reports from Japan to the U.S. signaled the global recovery is strengthening and prospects of an imminent strike against Syria eased.
Metal for delivery in three months on the London Metal Exchange climbed as much as 0.7 percent to $7,200.75 a metric ton and traded at $7,183 at 3:40 p.m. in Tokyo. Prices, which advanced for the first time in four days, have risen 4.4 percent this month, gaining for the second straight month.