Shanghai copper falls

The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 1.05 percent to 56,310 yuan ($9,000) a tonne. It earlier slipped to its lowest in three months at 56,060 yuan, catching up with London copper's Friday losses. Property sector curbs and slowing factory growth in top consumer China have dented sentiment towards metals, said Judy Zhu, an analyst at Standard Chartered in Shanghai. "But what I see and hear in the copper market is that consumption is now improving seasonally," she said.