The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 0.59 percent to close at 56,740 yuan ($9,100) a tonne on Friday. "China's trade data will be very messy due to the Lunar New Year distortion. Non-farm payrolls is the big thing today," said Singapore-based Ivan Szpakowski, analyst at Credit Suisse.
Szpakowski said some major Chinese manufacturers have held off orders so far this year as they wait to see which policies are unfurled by China's new leadership during this week's National People's Congress in China.
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