On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for delivery in February traded higher by Rs 1.65, or 0.39 per cent, at Rs 428 per kg in a business turnover of 2,576 lots.
Similarly, the metal for delivery in March edged up by Rs 1.80, or 0.42 per cent, to Rs 430 per kg in 79 lots.
Analysts attributed the rise in copper prices to raising of bets by participants driven by a pick-up in spot demand. VHP SHW SHW