Metals rose on Thursday, bolstered by a recovery on Wall Street, with copper reversing the previous session's losses to rally 1 percent. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose $79 to $7,104 by 0702 GMT after shedding 0.4 percent on Wednesday. Benchmark third-month Shanghai copper rose 1.2 percent to 56,660 yuan The contango in Shanghai copper flipped to a 20 yuan contango.