据Eddie Spence报道，铜价与其他金属一同上涨，因中国交易员在结束为期一周的假期后回归市场并恢复购入情绪，这段时间亚洲市场的交易活动有所减弱。
Copper rose alongside other metals as Chinese traders returned in a buying mood from a week-long holiday that had temporarily muted activity in Asian markets.
伦敦金属交易所的期货周四上涨近1.2%，并在中国主板交易所开盘后立即攀升。LME的其他主要合约也纷纷上涨，新加坡的铁矿石期货也跟随上扬。
Futures on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 1.2% on Thursday, climbing immediately after the opening of China’s main bourse. Other major contracts on the LME also rallied, as did iron ore futures in Singapore.
铜价还得到智利一家关键矿场罢工的支撑。周三，安托法加斯塔公司（Antofagasta Plc）的塞金特尔项目（Centinela project）的两个工会开始行动，并表示罢工将在约两周内开始影响产量。工会称，该项目虽然仍维持对其加工厂的原料供应，但大部分的矿山运输和开发工作已停止。安托法加斯塔公司此前表示，预计产量保持不变。
Copper is also drawing support from a strike at a key mine in Chile. Two unions at Antofagasta Plc’s Centinela project began action on Wednesday and said the walkout would start affecting production within about two weeks. While the operation has maintained feed to its processing plants, much of its mine movement and development has stopped, the unions said. Antofagasta earlier said projected output remained unchanged.
交易员们还在关注美联储的利率走势，目前市场定价认为10月进一步加息的可能性为20%，12月加息的可能性为80%。较高的借款成本通常会抑制投资者对大宗商品的需求，因为这些商品不产生利息。
Traders are also watching the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate path, pricing in a 20% chance of further tightening in October and an 80% chance in December. Higher borrowing costs typically curb investor demand for commodities, which bear no interest.
这种被称为"红金属"的铜，仍在上月创下纪高后进行整 consolidation，之前因担忧美国对精炼铜征收关税可能导致大量供应涌向美国并在其他地方引发供应紧张。现在对铜价走势至关重要的是来自中国的需求，中国是全球最大的消费国，近期数据显示其工业活动疲弱。
The red metal is still consolidating after rising to a record last month on concerns that US tariffs on refined copper would lead to a rush of supplies to America and cause a squeeze elsewhere. Crucial to the outlook now is demand from China, the world’s biggest consumer, where recent data has pointed to industrial weakness.
10时22分新加坡时间，铜价上涨1%，在LME交易时报至每吨14,617.50美元。锌价上涨1.3%，铝价上涨0.7%。新加坡铁矿石期货上涨0.5%，至每吨91.95美元。
Copper gained 1% to trade at $14,617.50 a ton on the LME by 10:22 a.m. Singapore time. Zinc climbed 1.3% and aluminum added 0.7%. Iron ore futures in Singapore rose 0.5% to $91.95 a ton.